mismate

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ mate

Verb

mismate (third-person singular simple present mismates, present participle mismating, simple past and past participle mismated)

1. (transitive) To mate or match wrongly or unsuitably; mismatch.

   to mismated shoes

   a mismated couple

   in beekeeping, a mismated queen

References

• “mismate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• tammies, timemas