mismatch

mis- +‎ match (verb sense)

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsˈmætʃ/

  Rhymes: -ætʃ

mismatch (third-person singular simple present mismatches, present participle mismatching, simple past and past participle mismatched)

1. To match unsuitably; to fail to match

mis- +‎ match (noun sense)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.mætʃ/
• Rhymes: -ætʃ

mismatch (plural mismatches)

1. Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.
   • 2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian‎:

     After all the trepidation born of Holland's toils home and away against these opponents in qualification for Euro 2012, and the pockmarked nature of the pitch, this was exposed as a mismatch from the opening exchanges.

• there is no comparison between them

• Mitchams