noun
- plural of mismarriage; instances of marriage between people who are unsuited to each other or marriages that prove unhappy or unsuccessful
Usage: formal or literary; typically used in historical or romantic contexts
Examples
- The novel explores the mismarriages of three sisters forced into unions without love.
- Historical records reveal numerous mismarriages among the nobility that ended in separation.
- She wrote extensively about the mismarriages she witnessed in her family.
- Their mismarriages served as cautionary tales for the younger generation.
- The documentary examined how mismarriages affected women's lives in the Victorian era.