"unsort" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: unsorts [present, singular, third-person], unsorting [participle, present], unsorted [participle, past], unsorted [past]
Etymology: un- + sort, apparently by confusion of unravel, untangle or similar and sort. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|sort}} un- + sort Head templates: {{en-verb}} unsort (third-person singular simple present unsorts, present participle unsorting, simple past and past participle unsorted)
  1. (transitive, nonstandard) To sort out; to resolve. Tags: nonstandard, transitive
    Sense id: en-unsort-en-verb-Kq7DdbpR Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 62 38
  2. (computing) To shuffle a data structure so that it is no longer sorted. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-unsort-en-verb-Q71GfUTG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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