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10 Language-to-English DictionariesMismatch
/ˈmɪs.mætʃ/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A failure to correspond or match; an inconsistency.
"There was a mismatch between the job requirements and the candidate's qualifications."
- 1
To fail to correspond or fit together properly.
"The two components mismatched, causing the device to malfunction."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'mismatch' is formed from the prefix 'mis-', meaning 'wrongly' or 'badly', combined with 'match', which comes from the Old French 'macier' meaning 'to fit together'. The word has evolved in English since the late 19th century to denote a failure to correspond or fit properly.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Mismatch" is said worldwide
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incompatibilité
Transliteration: ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.ti.bi.li.te
"Il y avait une incompatibilité entre les deux systèmes."
Mismatch
Transliteration: ˈmɪs.mætʃ
"Es gab einen Mismatch zwischen den Erwartungen und der Realität."
discrepanza
Transliteration: dis.kreˈpan.tsa
"C'era una discrepanza tra i dati e le conclusioni."
desajuste
Transliteration: de.saˈxus.te
"Hubo un desajuste entre las expectativas y los resultados."
desajuste
Transliteration: de.zaˈʒus.tʃi
"Houve um desajuste entre os dados apresentados."
असमानता
Transliteration: asamānata
"दोनों के बीच असमानता थी।"
不匹配
Transliteration: bù pǐ pèi
"这两个部分之间存在不匹配。"
불일치
Transliteration: bulilchi
"두 요소 간에 불일치가 있었습니다."
不一致
Transliteration: fuicchi
"二つの要素の間に不一致がありました。"
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