Definition of Ill-sorted

1. Adjective. Not easy to combine harmoniously.

Exact synonyms: Incompatible, Mismated, Unsuited
Similar to: Mismatched
Derivative terms: Incompatibility

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ill-sorted

ill-gotten gains
ill-humor
ill-humored
ill-humoured
ill-intentioned
ill-judged
ill-mannered
ill-natured
ill-naturedly
ill-naturedness
ill-omened
ill-prepared
ill-proportioned
ill-repute
ill-shapen
ill-sorted (current term)
ill-starred
ill-suited
ill-tempered
ill-thewed
ill-timed
ill-timed(a)
ill-treat
ill-treated
ill-treating
ill-treatment
ill-treats
ill-usage
ill-use
ill-used

Literary usage of Ill-sorted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Metropolitan (1847)
"Ma foi, madame, I think that the abolition of ill-sorted marriages, would be a grand step towards social' progress.'" " Your expressions are harsh, ..."

2. Acquisition of Oregon: And the Long Suppressed Evidence about Marcus Whitman by William Isaac Marshall (1911)
"... as Sir John Falstaff said the word 'occupy' was in his time after it had been ill-sorted. There is no occupation now. Occupation is the thing we want. ..."

3. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"Je n'aime pas les mariages mal assortis, I do not like ill sorted matches, in attelage bien assorti, a team—a jair well matched. ..."

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