mismatch

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mis·match /ˈmɪsmætʃ/ noun [countableC]

SUITABLE#a combination of things or people that do not work well together or are not suitable for each other 錯配；不匹配；不協調

mismatch between

the mismatch between the demand for health care and the supply

醫療保健供求之間的不協調

—mismatched /ˌmɪsˈmætʃt◂/ adjectiveadj

a mismatched couple

一對不般配的夫妻

Examples from the Corpus

mismatch• On paper, it was a mismatch.• A mismatch between worker and work station can lead to repetitive strain injuries.• Drafting Rickey Dudley was a big help, because Dudley can create mismatches by going deep against a linebacker.• Let me take one example of mismatch between individual goals and organizational objectives.• The rest of this section will illustrate various types of mismatch of vocabulary.• That mismatch seems worse than it was ten years ago.• Reward systems often exaggerate the mismatch by offering the wrong rewards to the wrong people.• Yet, in the justice game, the mismatch between the opponents is usually that ridiculous.• The mismatch of intent and actuality is just how life works.

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mismatch

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