Unsort
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Unsort is a verb meaning (transitive, nonstandard) To sort out; to resolve.
Meaning
(transitive, nonstandard) To sort out; to resolve.
More Meanings
- (computing) To shuffle a data structure so that it is no longer sorted.
Example Sentences
I try to unsort this big tangle of things that all of a sudden I've tripped over.
In his letter to Virginia's governor excerpted below, Rolfe tries to unsort the mixture of motives that led to his decision to marry Pocahantas.
And what if we want to unsort an array? The shuffle ( ) function uses PHP's random number generator to re-arrange the elements of an array randomly.
Word Forms
- unsorts
- unsorting
- unsorted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unclassified, uncategorized, unallocated, unrated, petroleum, sort.
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