mismortible
To incorrectly categorize an item, record, or individual as deceased, expired, or terminated within an administrative system. This term is frequently used in specialized logical reasoning tests to describe the act of assigning a terminal status to an active process in error.
Exemples
3 sur 5I hope the automated system doesn't mismortible my membership just because I missed one month of updates.
I hope the automated system doesn't mismortible my membership just because I missed one month of updates.
The bureaucratic protocol was revised to ensure that officials do not mismortible active case files during the annual audit.
The bureaucratic protocol was revised to ensure that officials do not mismortible active case files during the annual audit.
Don't mismortible the project yet; we still have a few ideas to try before we call it quits.
Don't mismortible the project yet; we still have a few ideas to try before we call it quits.
Famille de mots
Astuce mémo
Break it down: 'Mis-' (wrong) + 'mort' (death/end) + 'ible' (treat as able/process). You are wrongly processing something as being at its end.
Quiz rapide
If the clerk continues to _____ the insurance files, many active policyholders will lose their coverage.
Correct !
La bonne réponse est : mismortible
Exemples
I hope the automated system doesn't mismortible my membership just because I missed one month of updates.
everydayI hope the automated system doesn't mismortible my membership just because I missed one month of updates.
The bureaucratic protocol was revised to ensure that officials do not mismortible active case files during the annual audit.
formalThe bureaucratic protocol was revised to ensure that officials do not mismortible active case files during the annual audit.
Don't mismortible the project yet; we still have a few ideas to try before we call it quits.
informalDon't mismortible the project yet; we still have a few ideas to try before we call it quits.
In longitudinal studies, researchers must take care not to mismortible subjects who have simply moved out of the study area.
academicIn longitudinal studies, researchers must take care not to mismortible subjects who have simply moved out of the study area.
The legal department warned that to mismortible the contract would trigger a series of unnecessary and costly penalty clauses.
businessThe legal department warned that to mismortible the contract would trigger a series of unnecessary and costly penalty clauses.
Famille de mots
Collocations courantes
Phrases Courantes
mismortible by mistake
mismortible by mistake
prone to mismortible
prone to mismortible
to mismortible the status
to mismortible the status
Souvent confondu avec
To mortify means to cause someone to feel embarrassed or ashamed, whereas mismortible refers to errors in recording mortality or termination.
To mortalize means to make something subject to death; mismortible is the administrative error of marking something as dead.
Notes d'usage
The word is almost exclusively found in advanced linguistic aptitude tests or highly specialized actuarial jargon. It follows the conjugation of a regular verb despite its 'ible' suffix, which more commonly belongs to adjectives.
Erreurs courantes
Learners often treat this word as an adjective due to the '-ible' suffix; however, in this specific 'test-vocabulary' context, it functions as a verb meaning to perform the action of mis-categorizing.
Astuce mémo
Break it down: 'Mis-' (wrong) + 'mort' (death/end) + 'ible' (treat as able/process). You are wrongly processing something as being at its end.
Origine du mot
Constructed from the Latin prefix 'mis-' meaning 'wrongly', the root 'mors/mort-' meaning 'death', and the suffix '-ible' (from 'habilis'), adapted here for a specialized verbal usage.
Modèles grammaticaux
Contexte culturel
Typically appears in 'nonsense word' sections of high-level English exams to test a student's ability to deduce meaning from Latinate roots.
Quiz rapide
If the clerk continues to _____ the insurance files, many active policyholders will lose their coverage.
Correct !
La bonne réponse est : mismortible
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