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Definition of Ill-sorted
1. Adjective. Not easy to combine harmoniously.
Similar to: Mismatched
Derivative terms: Incompatibility
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ill-sorted
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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