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missorted

missorted is the simple past and past participle of missort.

Meaning of missort

Verb

missort (third-person singular simple present missorts, present participle missorting, simple past and past participle missorted)

  1. (transitive) To sort incorrectly; to misorder.
    • And if four clubs was to be taken as natural, presumably South had missorted his hand, perhaps originally thinking he had 4-3-3-3 distribution when he was really 7-3-3-0; or, more likely, he had a six-card club suit and was willing to risk ending in four no-trump if North did not have extra values.2007 February 17, Phillip Alder, “A Forgetful Bidding Moment, but Lady Luck Comes Calling”, in New York Times

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Questions about missorted

What is missorted the simple past and past participle of?
Missorted is the simple past and past participle of missort.

Words near missorted in the dictionary

  1. Misson
  2. Missons
  3. missorium
  4. missoriums
  5. missort
  6. missorted
  7. missorting
  8. missorts
  9. missought
  10. Missoula
  11. Missoula County

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