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Definition of Mismated
1. Adjective. Not easy to combine harmoniously.
Similar to: Mismatched
Derivative terms: Incompatibility
Definition of Mismated
1. Verb. (past of mismate) ¹
2. Adjective. Provided with an unsuitable mate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mismated
1. mismate [v] - See also: mismate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mismated
Literary usage of Mismated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Growth of the Idylls of the King by Richard Jones (1895)
"What thing soever you may hear, or see, (135, 24.) ‘57. Not quite mismated with
a yawning clown, ‘73. Not all mismated with a yawning clown, (136, 9. ..."
2. Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee by Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth, Charles Dadant (1905)
"Berlepsch also had several mismated queens, which at first produced ... Nay, he
states that he had one beautiful orange-yellow mismated Italian queen which ..."
3. The "chanson D'aventure" in Middle English by Helen Estabrook Sandison (1913)
"An unfortunate lover or mismated husband replaces the woman in a few English ...
mismated husband's lament, A 31, 42, both c. 1500 or later; 42 is Scotch. ..."
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