mismatch

décalage, inadéquation

Différence entre des personnes ou des choses qui les empêche de bien aller ensemble.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : a mismatch between A and B (There is a mismatch between his skills and the job.)

Synonymes : discrepancy, incompatibility

Contraires : match

Expressions courantes : skills mismatch, colour mismatch, mismatch between something

mal assortir, mal apparier

Réunir des personnes ou des choses qui ne vont pas bien ensemble.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : mismatch someone/something with someone/something (The agency mismatched workers with unsuitable jobs.)

Synonymes : mis-pair

Contraires : match

Expressions courantes : mismatch colours, mismatch socks, mismatch people