misorder
verb[T]
(alsomis-order)uk/mɪsˈɔː.dər/us/ˌmɪsˈɔːr.dɚ/misorderverb[T](ARRANGE WRONGLY)
to put things in thewrongorder:
It wassuggestedthat somechildrenmisordercompoundnounsbecause they do notappreciatethesemanticrelationshipbetween theparts.
Poorpunctuationcanaffectthemeaningof asentenceassignificantlyas mis-ordered words.
- This was not a misorderedformulationof thetargetlanguage, butratheranutterancewith a differentintention.
Classifying and creating order
- alphabetize
- anti-hierarchical
- arrange
- arrangement
- arranger
- array
- bracket
- lay
- misclassification
- misclassify
- miscode
- mislabel
- multisystem
- nest
- setsomethingup
- shake
- shakesomeonedown
- short-list
- shortlist
- sort
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Making mistakes
misorderverb[T](REQUEST WRONG THING)
to make amistakewhenaskingfor something to be made,supplied, ordelivered:
Itsoundedas if he had misordered thetakeawayfood.
Buying
- acquire
- acquisition
- acquisitiveness
- bidding
- bidding war
- bite
- invest
- load up onsomething
- money-off
- order form
- ordersomethingin
- outbid
- purchasing power
- repurchase
- retail therapy
- ROBO
- ROPO
- send
- slate
- splurge
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Making mistakes