Misorder
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Disorder; irregularity. archaic, uncountable
"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."
- 2 That which is out of order or ordered incorrectly. countable
"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."
- 1 To sort or arrange incorrectly. transitive
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From mis- + order.
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