ill-assorted

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Adjective

ill-assorted (comparative more ill-assorted, superlative most ill-assorted)

  1. Badly matched, or unmatched.
    • 1860, Anne Beale, Gladys, the Reaper:
      He and Mrs Jonathan were a remarkable pair; one of those ill-assorted couples that you wonder at.
    • 1960 March, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 184:
      Last Christmas Eve the "Pines Express" arrived at Bath behind an ill-assorted combination of locomotives.

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