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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mésalliance /mɛˈzalɪəns/

▶noun a marriage to a person thought to be unsuitable.

– origin Fr., from més- ‘wrong, misdirected’ + alliance (see alliance).

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