misarrangementn.
/ˌmɪsəˈreɪn(d)ʒm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌmɪsəˈreɪndʒm(ə)nt/ Bad or wrong arrangement; disorder; an instance of this.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > [noun] > faulty or wrong arrangement
misarrangement1769
malarrangement1779
anatopism1812
1769 J. Banks Jrnl. (1962) I. 371 Supposing by any misarangement of his papers that he has given the numerals of some of those Isles for those of Madagascar our wonder will be much diminishd.
1785 W. Cowper Task v. 111 Here glitt'ring turrets rise, upbearing high (Fantastic misarrangement) on the roof Large growth [etc.].
1832 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War III. 37 By a misarrangement arising from mere inattention, they had been served..with meat on a meagre day.
1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 163 The limbs seem but to exhibit merely the amount of natural misarrangement and misorder.
1897 W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & Other Pieces p. li The Trinity MS. agrees with the Harleian as to misarrangement of the subject-matter.
1933 Amer. Econ. Rev. 23 636 That is no reason for allowing the present misarrangement to continue.
1969 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 41 554 The book is blemished by many misprints and production mistakes (e.g. the misarrangement of footnotes on pp. 95, 150, and 241).
1983 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80 1430/1 After fusion particular misarrangements of DNA-wall attachments are generated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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