missort

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ sort.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /mɪsˈsɔː(ɹ)t/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.sɔː(ɹ)t/

Verb

missort (third-person singular simple present missorts, present participle missorting, simple past and past participle missorted)

1. (transitive) To sort incorrectly; to misorder.
   • 2007 February 17, Phillip Alder, “A Forgetful Bidding Moment, but Lady Luck Comes Calling”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Noun

missort (plural missorts)

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

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