Misorder

/mɪsˈɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)/ · noun

Meaning

(uncountable, now rare) Disorder; irregularity..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable, now rare) Disorder; irregularity.
2. (countable) That which is out of order or ordered incorrectly.
3. (transitive) To sort or arrange incorrectly.

Example Sentences

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.

reforme the misorders of the King

The limbs seem but to exhibit merely the amount of natural misarrangement and misorder.

Out of chaos emerges a vicious mis-order, surely a terrible warning against throwing out the old certainties before we glimpse the new.

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.

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• misorders
• mis-order
• misordering
• misordered

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