Definition

1. Verb:
   • To marry an unsuitable partner: To enter into a marriage with a person who is not a good or appropriate match.

Usage

• The verb "mismarry" describes the act of making a poor choice in marriage. It implies a mistake or error in judgment regarding the selection of a spouse. The word is often used in a formal or analytical context when discussing marital outcomes.

Examples

• Verb:
  • Fearing he would mismarry, he took a long time to choose a partner.
  • Historians suggest the king's decision to mismarry weakened his political alliances.
  • She regretted her haste and realized she had mismarried.

Advanced Usage

• "to be mismarried": To be in the state of having married an unsuitable partner.
  • He was profoundly unhappy, knowing he was mismarried.
• Used in sociological or psychological analyses of relationship patterns.

Variants and Related Words

• Mismarriage (n): An instance of marrying an unsuitable partner; an unsuitable or ill-advised marriage.
  • Their union was considered a tragic mismarriage by both families.

Synonyms

• Make an ill-advised marriage
• Wed unwisely

Antonyms

• Marry well
• Make a good match

Verb

1. marry an unsuitable partner