misorder
/mɪsˈɔrdər/
noun
- An instance of arranging or ordering something incorrectly.
- A simple misorder in the seating chart led to a diplomatic incident.
- The teacher noticed a misorder in the list of student names and corrected it.
- The misorder of the files caused confusion during the audit.
- An incorrect order placed for a product or service.
- Due to a misorder, the wedding cake arrived with the wrong flavor.
- The customer complained about a misorder and demanded a refund.
- The warehouse team caught the misorder before it was shipped out.
verb
- To arrange or organize something incorrectly or in the wrong sequence.
- The technician realized he had misordered the cables, causing the network to fail.
- The librarian had to fix the shelves after someone misordered the books by author instead of genre.
- If you misorder the steps in the recipe, the cake might not rise properly.
- To place an incorrect order for goods or services.
- The restaurant apologized after they misordered the ingredients for the special dish.
- I accidentally misordered the office supplies and received 500 pens instead of 50.
- She misordered the parts online and had to wait another week for the right ones.
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