missorted

variants or mis-sorted
past tense of missort

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Verb
  • Announcements for who will have water access (and when) have been jumbled.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The structured design also helps keep everything in place while traveling, so nothing gets jumbled in transit.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Airlines scrambled Wednesday to dig out from the backlog triggered by technical problems experienced by the United Kingdom's air traffic control system that has forced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Scientists have scrambled to investigate, hoping to prevent further deaths in a species that has been in decline for years—gray whales lost 35 percent of their population between 2020 and 2025.
    Ainslie Cruickshank, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026
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“Missorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missorted. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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