mismatching
- noun
- /ˈmɪsˌmætʃɪŋ/
- To avoid mismatching, make sure all the colors in your presentation are coordinated.
Where and what particular mismatches would you want to penalize more and less?
- Where and what particular mismatches would you want to penalize more and less?
- It also occurs because trade-offs leave us exposed to mismatches which reveal the costs of the trade-offs.
- The first is that understanding why we get particular kinds of mismatches helps us make decisions about how to use our bodies, right?
Examples
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The mismatching of the puzzle pieces made it impossible to complete the picture.
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Several fields in Ingram's records must be edited to comply with best cataloging practices for Prospector to prevent confusion or mismatching of institutional holdings in that system.
Academic text (2013) -
The first is that understanding why we get particular kinds of mismatches helps us make decisions about how to use our bodies, right?
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Where and what particular mismatches would you want to penalize more and less?
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It also occurs because trade-offs leave us exposed to mismatches which reveal the costs of the trade-offs.
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There was a significant mismatching between the proposed budget and the actual expenses reported by the department.
Synonyms
A difference between two things that should be the same, like numbers or stories
A situation when two plans or dates cannot happen together
A situation where things do not match or agree
A situation where something does not fit or seem right
A situation where two things cannot work or live together without problems
Parts in the wrong position so a machine or object does not work properly
A lack of agreement between things or ideas
A situation where people or groups disagree and feel tension
A situation where two things are not the same or cannot replace each other
When something does not agree with rules or expectations
A difference between two things that should be the same
A process that makes things stop happening at the same time
A problem when rules or data do not agree
A state where ideas or statements say opposite things and cannot both be true
Antonyms
How Well Matched
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mismatching as a noun uses the same parts, mis- ('not') and match ('pair' or 'agreement'), so it means the act or result of things not fitting or not lining up, like data sets or expectations.