missort

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verb

mis·​sort ˌmis-ˈsȯrt 

variants or mis-sort

missorted or mis-sorted; missorting or mis-sorting

transitive verb

: to sort (something) badly or incorrectly

… the airline claims the system performed miserably during a test period in December, missorting huge numbers of bags and dumping them in the wrong location.

—Arthur Hodges and Jeffrey Leib

missort

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noun

mis·​sort ˈmis-ˌsȯrt 

variants or mis-sort

plural missorts or mis-sorts

: an item (such as a piece of mail) that is incorrectly sorted

a box of missorts at the post office

also : an instance of missorting something

If a two-person team achieved no missorts for an entire week, we were each rewarded …

—Victor Lipman

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1581, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1898, in the meaning defined above