mismate

• Verbo anticuado que significa emparejar o combinar de manera inapropiada o incorrecta, especialmente formando una pareja o unión desacertada.

An obsolete verb meaning to match or pair unsuitably or incorrectly.

1. Provide with an unsuitable mateC1formal

   To pair someone or something with an inappropriate or mismatched partner, often in breeding or relationships.

   Aparear inadecuadamente

   • The farmer mismated the prize cow with a low-quality bull.
   • She felt her friend mismated her by setting her up with someone completely incompatible.
   • The geneticist warned against mismating animals from different lineages.

   Sinónimosmismatch

   Antónimosmatchmatepair

2. Combine unsuitablyC1formal

   To put together things that do not match or harmonize well.

   Combinar inadecuadamente

   • The interior designer mismated the bright curtains with the dark wallpaper.
   • He mismated the screws and bolts from different sets, causing the machine to fail.
   • The musician mismated the tempo and key, creating a dissonant sound.

   Sinónimosmisallymismatch

   Antónimoscouplefitharmonizematchmatepairsuit