missort

verb

Definition of missortnext
as in to mix (up)

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  1. misclassify
  2. mistype
  3. lump
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  • Skeptics warn that companies also have an incentive to underreport or misclassify safety incidents.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • It should be read as a warning about how easily headline metrics can misclassify exclusion as progress.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Definition of misclassify
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  • This eliminates the risk of mistyping addresses or trusting links in messages.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Dutch mathematician Jacobus Verhoeff reported in 1969 that two errors—mistyping a single digit and swapping two neighboring digits of one’s card number—account for nearly 90 percent of all human input errors in practice.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2025
Definition of mistype
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  • Moros, too, took issue with lumping Hispanics together as a monolithic voting bloc, citing the need for nuance.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
  • To be sure, the question asking voters to name their top concerns lists several economy- and cost-related topics separately, subdividing an issue that might otherwise rank higher if lumped into a single category.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of lump
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“Missort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missort. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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