misorder

noun, verb — 3 senses

misorder

noun

/mɪsˈɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)/

Etymology From mis- + order.

1

Archaic Disorder; irregularity.

  • 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.1549 April 22 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Syxte Sermon of Maister Hugh Latymer, whiche He Preached before K. Edward [VI], the XII. Day of Aprill.”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 73, recto:
  • reforme the misorders of the King1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
2 more examples
  • The limbs seem but to exhibit merely the amount of natural misarrangement and misorder.1849, H. Miller, Foot-prints of Creator, page 163:
  • Out of chaos emerges a vicious mis-order, surely a terrible warning against throwing out the old certainties before we glimpse the new.1989, Pamela Marsh, The Savage Depth of Uncertainty:
2

That which is out of order or ordered incorrectly.

  • 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.2013, Gyula Csopaki, Margit Dibuz, Katalin Tarnay, Testing of Communicating Systems: Methods and Applications:

misorder

verb

Etymology From mis- + order.

1

To sort or arrange incorrectly.

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