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missort en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /mɪsˈsɔː(ɹ)t/
  • /ˈmɪs.sɔː(ɹ)t/

Etymology

From mis- + sort.

Meanings

  1. An incorrect sorting.
  2. Something incorrectly sorted.

Forms

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missorts Number=Plur lexicographic

missort en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /mɪsˈsɔː(ɹ)t/

Etymology

From mis- + sort.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To sort incorrectly; to misorder.
    • And if four clubs was to be taken as natural, presumably South had missorted his hand, perhaps originally thinking he had 4-3-3-3 distribution when he was really 7-3-3-0; or, more likely, he had a six-card club suit and was willing to risk ending in four no-trump if North did not have extra values. 2007 February 17, Phillip Alder, “A Forgetful Bidding Moment, but Lady Luck Comes Calling”, in New York Times:

Forms

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missorting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
missorted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
missorted Tense=Past lexicographic
missorts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic