missorted

verb

variants or mis-sorted
past tense of missort
as in mixed (up)

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  1. jumbled
  2. scrambled
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  • Identifying an abbot Rodwell found the bones were still jumbled together inside the coffin, which was hewn from a single block of limestone and measured about 7 feet (2 meters) long, with walls about 4 inches (10 centimeters) thick on average.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
  • But now, researchers say the real problem is that its pages are jumbled.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of jumbled
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  • And an incomplete pass was best-case scenario after Patrick Mahomes scrambled just to collect the ball and alertly fire it out of bounds.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Ukrainian officials scrambled to make sense of the warnings, quickly flagging that the system had probably been compromised.
    — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
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“Missorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missorted. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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