Misalliance \Mis`al*li"ance\, n. [F. m['e]salliance.]
A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station;
an improper alliance; a mesalliance.
A Leigh had made a misalliance, and blushed A Howard
should know it. --Mrs.
Browning.
misalliance
n : an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)