SuaviloquyToday’s word

mismated

Mismate, v. t. — Webster enters it under “mismate”

To mate wrongly or unsuitably; as, to mismate gloves or shoes; a mismated couple.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for mismated; he lists it under incongruous.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.