MISMATCHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mismatched mean? 

• MISMATCHED (adjective)
  The adjective MISMATCHED has 2 senses:

1. either not matched or unsuitably matched

2. (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents

  Familiarity information: MISMATCHED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISMATCHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either not matched or unsuitably matched

Similar:

ill-sorted; incompatible; mismated; unsuited (not easy to combine harmoniously)

odd; unmatched; unmated; unpaired (of the remaining member of a pair)

Also:

incompatible (not compatible)

Antonym:

matched (going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents

Synonyms:

mismatched; uneven

Context example:

vaudeville...waged an uneven battle against the church

Similar:

unequal (poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure)

 Context examples 

Any DNA sequence rearrangement that results in the exchange of the original sequence with noncomplementary bases, resulting in a mismatched DNA duplex.

(Base Pair Miscoding, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes A/G-specific adenine DNA glycosylase protein, is involved in repair of the mutagenic adenosine/8-oxo-guanine mismatched base pair in DNA.

(MUTYH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This nuclear enzyme initiates repair of the mutagenic adenine/8-oxo-guanine mismatched base pair via removal of adenine from the DNA backbone.

(A/G-Specific Adenine DNA Glycosylase, NCI Thesaurus)

Sequence-variant molecules are preferentially selected by the lower melting temperature of their mismatched heteroduplex after they've annealed to a wild-type molecule that is present in excess.

(COLD-PCR, NCI Thesaurus)

These mismatched hares showed up at the same time that climate modelers were announcing consistent and drastic decreases in seasonal snowfall across the Northern Hemisphere.

(Twenty-one species adapted to disappear in the snow. Then, the snow disappeared, National Science Foundation)

More specifically, allogeneic CD4+ memory Th1-like T cells/microparticle-bound anti-CD3/anti-CD28 are composed of a proprietary preparation of mismatched, allogeneic differentiated CD4+ memory Th1-like T cells bound to paramagnetic, epoxy-covered 4.5 micron microparticles with covalently bound anti-CD3/anti-CD28 monoclonal antibodies at a 2:1 bead:cell ratio.

(Allogeneic CD4+ Memory Th1-like T Cells/Microparticle-bound Anti-CD3/anti-CD28, NCI Thesaurus)