missorting
missorting is the present participle and gerund of missort.
Meaning of missort
Verb
missort (third-person singular simple present missorts, present participle missorting, simple past and past participle missorted)
- 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
Questions about missorting
- What is missorting the present participle and gerund of?
- Missorting is the present participle and gerund of missort.
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