ill-matched
ill-matched — adjective
1. describes two or more people or things that do not go together well because they
describes two or more people or things that do not go together well because they are too different in style, character, or quality to form a successful or pleasing combination.
Mei-Lin and Eva made an ill-matched team for the school project.
make an ill-matched team for [activity/task]
The old wooden chair looked ill-matched beside the modern glass table.
Critics called the two actors an ill-matched pair for the comedy film.
Fatima felt the bright curtains were ill-matched with the dark floor tiles.
The furniture in the room was an ill-matched set of different styles.
- mismatched
more common in everyday speech; 'ill-matched' is slightly more formal
- incompatible
stronger — suggests fundamental inability to work together rather than just visual or stylistic mismatch
- unsuited
focuses on lack of suitability for a particular purpose rather than the relationship between the two things
- incongruous
more formal and intellectual; suggests something that looks strange in its context
- well-matched
direct opposite; describes people or things that suit each other perfectly
- compatible
broader; can describe people who get along or things that work together
文法句型
be + ill-matched
an ill-matched + noun
ill-matched with + noun
用法筆記
Often describes pairs or groups — people, objects, colours, or styles — that fail to form a harmonious combination. Can be used before a noun (attributive) or after a linking verb like 'be' or 'look' (predicative).