misorder
1 of 2verb
mis·or·der ˌmis-ˈȯr-dər 
misordered; misordering
transitive verb
1
: to arrange or order incorrectly
… a photo caption accompanying an article about the TV show "Duck Dynasty" misordered the names of the Robertson family members pictured. 
The Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times2
: to mistakenly or incorrectly place an order for (something, such as a product)
Many retailers have items such as appliances and plumbing fixtures that they sell at sizable discounts because they are slightly blemished, have minor scratches or are in the store because someone misordered them. Paul Bianchina
Paul Bianchina3
: to put in disorder or confusion (as through mismanagement)
… as also to see the difference of things confounded or misordered by the ignorance of corruption … Francis Rous
Francis Rousmisorder
2 of 2noun
plural misorders
1
: an incorrect or mistaken order
… the total number of customers actually affected by the misorders was only about 5,000. Lori Santos
Lori Santos2
old-fashioned : bad or disorderly conduct
Never foreign power could yet hurt, or in any part prevail in this realm, but by disobedience and misorder within ourselves. Edmund Bonner
Edmund Bonner
Word History
First Known Use
Verb
circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 3
Noun
circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 2
misorder
noun
as in hell
a state in which everything is out of order the chronic misorder that plagued her candidacy from the very start Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- hell
- havoc
- jumble
- mess
- chaos
- confusion
- snake pit
- disorder
- disorderedness
- tangle
- heck
- disorderliness
- mare's nest
- disorganization
- disarray
- disarrangement
- messiness
- muss
- riot
- chance-medley
- shambles
- tumble
- clutter
- dishevelment
- welter
- muddle
- anarchy
- maze
- labyrinth
- free-for-all
- misrule
- web
- lawlessness
- maelstrom
- snarl
- knot
- shuffle
- storm
- mishmash
- medley
- litter
- hodgepodge
- morass
- miscellany
- motley
- bollix
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- order
- system
- pattern
- plan
- method
- orderliness
- secondary covert
- secondary derivative
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- secondary dormancy
- secondary electron
- secondary emission
- secondary enrichment
- secondary fermentation
- secondary group
- secondary growth
- secondary host
- secondary meristem
- secondary minimum
- secondary modern school
- secondary mycelium
- secondary nucleus
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- secondary phloem
- secondary port
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- secondary rainbow
- secondary ray
- secondary recovery
- secondary reserve