mismatch

desajuste, incompatibilidad

Diferencia entre personas o cosas que hace que no encajen bien entre sí.

En inglés sencillo: A difference between people or things that makes them unsuitable for each other.

• There is a colour mismatch.
• The mismatch between supply and demand raised prices.
• Their different expectations created a serious mismatch.

Cómo se usa: a mismatch between A and B (There is a mismatch between his skills and the job.)

Sinónimos: discrepancy, incompatibility

Antónimos: match

Expresiones frecuentes: skills mismatch, colour mismatch, mismatch between something

emparejar mal, combinar mal

Juntar personas o cosas que no encajan bien entre sí.

En inglés sencillo: To put people or things together that do not suit each other.

• Be careful not to mismatch the socks.
• The organizer mismatched the players by ability.
• She had mismatched a formal jacket with beach shorts.

Cómo se usa: mismatch someone/something with someone/something (The agency mismatched workers with unsuitable jobs.)

Sinónimos: mis-pair

Antónimos: match

Expresiones frecuentes: mismatch colours, mismatch socks, mismatch people