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mismatching

mismatching is the present participle and gerund of mismatch.

Meaning of mismatch

Verb

mismatch (third-person singular simple present mismatches, present participle mismatching, simple past and past participle mismatched)

  1. To match unsuitably; to fail to match

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Noun

mismatching (plural mismatchings)

  1. An incorrect match or pairing; a mismatch.
    • Mr. Finkel speculated that the recession could amplify the fallout from monetary mismatchings.2009 August 16, Catherine Rampell, “I Say Spend. You Say No. We’re in Love.”, in New York Times

Forms of mismatching

pluralmismatchings

Questions about mismatching

What does mismatching mean?
Mismatching means an incorrect match or pairing; a mismatch.
What is mismatching the present participle and gerund of?
Mismatching is the present participle and gerund of mismatch.
What part of speech is mismatching?
Mismatching is a noun.
What is the plural of mismatching?
The plural of mismatching is mismatchings.

Words near mismatching in the dictionary

  1. mismatched
  2. mismatchedness
  3. mismatcher
  4. mismatchers
  5. mismatches
  6. mismatching
  7. mismatchings
  8. mismatchment
  9. mismatchments
  10. mismate
  11. mismated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mismatching (page history and authors); mismatch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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