🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

desajuste

Pronunciation / Transliteration: de.zaˈʒus.tʃi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mismatch/ˈmɪs.mætʃ/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Houve um desajuste entre os dados apresentados."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A failure to correspond or match; an inconsistency.

    "There was a mismatch between the job requirements and the candidate's qualifications."
As verb
  1. 1

    To fail to correspond or fit together properly.

    "The two components mismatched, causing the device to malfunction."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'mismatch' is formed from the prefix 'mis-', meaning 'wrongly' or 'badly', combined with 'match', which comes from the Old French 'macier' meaning 'to fit together'. The word has evolved in English since the late 19th century to denote a failure to correspond or fit properly.

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