missort
1 of 2verb
mis·sort ˌmis-ˈsȯrt 
variants or mis-sort
missorted or mis-sorted; missorting or mis-sorting
transitive verb
: to sort (something) badly or incorrectly
… the airline claims the system performed miserably during a test period in December, missorting huge numbers of bags and dumping them in the wrong location.
Arthur Hodges and Jeffrey Leib
Arthur Hodges and Jeffrey Leibmissort
2 of 2noun
mis·sort ˈmis-ˌsȯrt
variants or mis-sort
plural missorts or mis-sorts
: an item (such as a piece of mail) that is incorrectly sorted
a box of missorts at the post office
also : an instance of missorting something
If a two-person team achieved no missorts for an entire week, we were each rewarded … Victor Lipman
Victor Lipman 
Word History
First Known Use
Verb
1581, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1898, in the meaning defined above
missorting
verb
variants or mis-sorting
as in misclassifying
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- misclassifying
- mistyping
- mixing (up)
- disarranging
- jumbling
- lumping
- scrambling
- confusing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- breaking down
- ranging
- grouping
- separating
- placing
- distributing
- distinguishing
- sorting
- typing
- classifying
- grading
- assorting
- ranking
- categorizing
- compartmenting
- organizing
- codifying
- digesting
- classing
- relegating
- disposing
- pegging
- ordering
- filing
- systematizing
- referring
- compartmentalizing
- arraying
- marshalling
- marshaling
- drawing up
- listing
- cataloguing
- indexing
- cataloging
- alphabetizing
- heterosexually
- heterosexuals
- heteroside
- Heterosiphonales
- heterosis
- heterosite
- heterosocial
- Heterosomata
- heterosomatae
- heterosomatas
- heterosomate
- Heterosomati
- heterosomatous
- heterosome
- heterosomi
- Heterosporeae
- heterospories
- Heterosporium
- heterosporous
- heterospory
- heterostatic
- heterostatically
- Heterostraca
- heterostracan
- heterostracans