missort

verb

Definition of missortnext
as in to mix (up)

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  1. misclassify
  2. mistype
  3. lump
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  • Skeptics warn that companies also have an incentive to underreport or misclassify safety incidents.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • It should be read as a warning about how easily headline metrics can misclassify exclusion as progress.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Definition of misclassify
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  • This eliminates the risk of mistyping addresses or trusting links in messages.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Dutch mathematician Jacobus Verhoeff reported in 1969 that two errors—mistyping a single digit and swapping two neighboring digits of one’s card number—account for nearly 90 percent of all human input errors in practice.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2025
Definition of mistype
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  • That number lumps new deadbot platforms in with much more widely used and established grief tech, like online memorials, counseling resources, and estate planning tools.
    — Lissa Soep, Vox, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of releasing each film’s tally individually, the studio has been considering lumping the returns of all four movies together.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of lump
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“Missort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missort. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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