missort

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verb

mis·​sort ˌmis-ˈsȯrt How to pronounce missort (audio)
variants or mis-sort
missorted or mis-sorted; missorting or mis-sorting

transitive verb

: to sort (something) badly or incorrectly
… the airline claims the system performed miserably during a test period in December, missorting huge numbers of bags and dumping them in the wrong location.Arthur Hodges and Jeffrey Leib

missort

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noun

mis·​sort ˈmis-ˌsȯrt How to pronounce missort (audio)
variants or mis-sort
plural missorts or mis-sorts
: an item (such as a piece of mail) that is incorrectly sorted
a box of missorts at the post office
also : an instance of missorting something
If a two-person team achieved no missorts for an entire week, we were each rewarded … Victor Lipman

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1581, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1898, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of missort was in 1581

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“Missort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missort. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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