mismate
English
editEtymology
editVerb
editmismate (third-person singular simple present mismates, present participle mismating, simple past and past participle mismated)
- (transitive) To mate or match wrongly or unsuitably; mismatch.
- to mismated shoes
- a mismated couple
- in beekeeping, a mismated queen
References
edit- “mismate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.