A question regarding maximum matching M and non-M saturated vertices

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I encountered a problem when studying for my finals. I would appreciate it if you guys could give me some tips on how to solve this problem.

Let $G$ be a graph of order $n \geq 2$. Assume $G$ has no isolated vertices. Let $M$ be a maximum matching of $G$ and $x$ the number of vertices in $G$ that are not $M$-saturated.

Show that $x \leq |M|(\Delta (G)-1)$.

Thanks for the help!