missort

verb

Definition of missortnext
as in to mix (up)

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  1. misclassify
  2. mistype
  3. lump
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  • It should be read as a warning about how easily headline metrics can misclassify exclusion as progress.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • Official statistics undercount or misclassify incidents, especially with unreported crimes, and policies that treat repeat offenses leniently.
    — Jeff Horseman, Oc Register, 5 May 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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  • The results will help segment POTS patients into more granular cohorts based on the source of their symptoms, rather than lumping them all together as Simo says the medical industry often does today.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
  • They were also lumped in with ska and reggae acts like the Slackers, Agent 99, and 32 Tribes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of lump
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“Missort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missort. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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