mismate
(verb) provide with an unsuitable mate
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mismate (third-person singular simple present mismates, present participle mismating, simple past and past participle mismated)
(transitive) To mate or match wrongly or unsuitably; mismatch.
• tammies, timemas
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*mate", v. t.
Definition: To mate wrongly or unsuitably; as, to mismate gloves or shoes; a mismated couple.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
