misalliance

noun

An unsuitable alliance, especially in marriage.

noun

A mésalliance.

noun

An improper alliance or association; specifically, a marriage relation considered as degrading to one of the parties, owing to the inferior birth or standing of the other: in the latter sense often used in the French form, mésalliance.

noun

A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station; an improper alliance; a mesalliance.

noun

An unsuitable alliance, especially an unsuitable marriage

noun

an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)