ill-sorted

[ il-sawr-tid ]

adjective

1. badly matched; poorly arranged.

ill-sorted

adjective

1. badly arranged or matched; ill-assorted

Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-sorted¹

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

Playing marriage counselor to the zebra / human couple and other ill-sorted pairs, we can recognize at least six groups of reasons for failed domestication.

From Literature

With a heavier heart than that with which she reached it, Margaret leaves the bench and its ill-sorted occupants.

From Project Gutenberg

I can score each knave," quoth the Piper, "in Life's ill-sorted school, For they take and they take their greed to slake, But I am no match for the Fool!

From Project Gutenberg

As Doll Tearsheet says in the second part of “King Henry IV”: “These villains will make the word as odious as the word ‘occupy’; which was an excellent good word before it was ill-sorted.”

From Project Gutenberg

Can words more ill-sorted, more shocking be put together? 

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