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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)

  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 missorting

What is missorting the present participle and gerund of?
Missorting is the present participle and gerund of missort.

Words near missorting in the dictionary

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

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