noun
- a marriage between people who are unsuited to each other; an ill-matched or unhappy marriage
Usage: formal or literary; often implies incompatibility or poor judgment in choosing a spouse
Examples
- Their mismarriage was evident to everyone who knew them.
- The novel explores the tragedy of a mismarriage between two people from different worlds.
- After years of unhappiness, she finally admitted that it had been a mismarriage from the start.
- His parents' mismarriage had a lasting impact on his views about commitment.
- The counselor helped them understand whether their relationship was truly a mismarriage or simply needed work.