ill-sorted

ill-sort·ed

(ĭl′sôr′tĭd)
adj.
Badly matched.
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ill-sorted

adj
badly arranged or matched; ill-assorted
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.ill-sorted - not easy to combine harmoniouslyill-sorted - not easy to combine harmoniously  
mismated, unsuited, incompatible
mismatched - either not matched or unsuitably matched
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When they dunnot agree, for that their tempers is ill-sorted, they has rooms o' one kind an' another in their houses, above a bit, and they can live asunders.
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