mismate

verb

mis·​mate ˌmis-ˈmāt 

mismated; mismating

intransitive verb

: to mate wrongly or unsuitably

a purebred dog that mismated with a stray

With wide eyes bulging and pheasant feathers framing her face, she's nasty and theatrical, a desperate housewife mismated with the nice, pliable Albany …

—Anne Marie Welsh

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

mismate

verb

mis·​mate

(ˈ)mis-ˈmāt

: to mate unsuitably