mismatched

Other forms of mismatched

comparative

mismatchedder·

superlative

mismatcheddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mismatched

What does mismatched mean?

mismatched means "either not matched or unsuitably matched". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mismatched?

mismatched has 2 syllables: mismat-ched. The stress falls on "ched". In IPA it is /mɪˈsmætʃt/.

What is another word for mismatched?

Close synonyms include uneven. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of mismatched?

The recorded antonyms are matched.

Is mismatched a common word?

mismatched is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.