unmatched

Examples

• All

• She decorated the room with two unmatched chairs, creating an eclectic look.

• I have a drawer full of unmatched socks that need to be paired.

• Most of the unmatched pieces fell into three categories.

  Academic text (1992)

• In particular, here are the unmatched items and what they presumably should have been matched with:

  Blog text (6)

• With its two unmatched chairs, a table, and an undressed bed, Joshua's house is nearly naked.

  Fiction book (1992)

• For the first time, I looked around the room at the dust-covered artifacts of the man's life: unmatched socks under the bed, one gray suit in the closet, pictures scattered on the walls.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The old collection features unmatched pieces of china from different sets.

Synonyms

O

odd

vsunmatched

5 2.5

Left over or not matching the rest

describes that lone item specifically in a pair context rather than general leftovers

U

unduplicated

vsunmatched

1 6.5

Not copied or repeated so there is only one version

means a lone pair member in the sense of missing counterpart not general uniqueness

U

unpaired

vsunmatched

5.6

The one item left from a pair when its partner is missing

is the concept for a lone item lacking its corresponding counterpart

U

unmated

vsunmatched

7.0

Not matched with another item

describes an item left alone because its corresponding partner is missing

N

nonmatching

vsunmatched

4.3

Different in color or style when seen together

refers to an item missing its partner, not just differing in style

Antonyms

M

matched

2.6

Going well together because they are similar in style or quality

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology