# Fail to match query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-to-match-query/283737>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 9, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-to-match-query/283737 "2021-09-09T06:15:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ekrx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8797f3/32.png) [@ekrx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ekrx)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-to-match-query/283737/1 "2021-09-09T06:15:34Z")

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Hi

Im using multimatch with cross fields and im failing to match a query where the query contains more information than the field in the index.

for example in the index I have  
"countryName": "United states of America"

and my query is for "United states of blabla America"

The query returns zero results. How can I make the query return values even if 'blabla' is not in the index.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-to-match-query/283737/2 "2021-09-09T06:41:55Z")

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Could you provide a full recreation script as described in [About the Elasticsearch category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21). It will help to better understand what you are doing. Please, try to keep the example as simple as possible.

A full reproduction script is something anyone can **copy and paste in Kibana dev console** , click on the run button to reproduce your use case. It will help readers to understand, reproduce and if needed fix your problem. It will also most likely help to get a faster answer.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-to-match-query/283737/3 "2021-10-07T06:42:14Z")

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