misorder en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mɪsˈɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)/
Etymology
From mis- + order.
Meanings
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(archaic, uncountable) Disorder; irregularity.
reforme the misorders of the King
1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:Surely it is an yl miſorder yͭ folk ſhalbe walking vp & down in the ſermon time (as I haue ſene in this place this Lent: & there ſhalbe ſuch huſſyng & buſſyng in the preachers eare, that it maketh hym oftentymes to forget his matter.
1549 April 22 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Syxte Sermon of Maister Hugh Latymer, whiche He Preached before K. Edward [VI], the XII. Day of Aprill.”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 73, recto:Out of chaos emerges a vicious mis-order, surely a terrible warning against throwing out the old certainties before we glimpse the new.
1989, Pamela Marsh, The Savage Depth of Uncertainty:The limbs seem but to exhibit merely the amount of natural misarrangement and misorder.
1849, H. Miller, Foot-prints of Creator, page 163:
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(countable) That which is out of order or ordered incorrectly.
To the units transferred a sequence number is added to determine loss, duplications or misorders. Misorders and duplications can easily be resolved at the receiver's side by applying reordering ^([sic]) the sequence or just pruning the duplicated units.
2013, Gyula Csopaki, Margit Dibuz, Katalin Tarnay, Testing of Communicating Systems: Methods and Applications:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misorders | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| mis-order | alternative, noun | lexicographic |