Timeline for Word for 'items not in a set'
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| Nov 26, 2013 at 20:59 | vote | accept | NS.X. | ||
| Nov 25, 2013 at 1:27 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | Miscellaneous does not imply triviality; it signifies a mixture, a diversity of categories. If your organizing principle is "SOURCE", then the label miscellaneous signifies that the box labeled contains works from many sources, not just one. | |
| Nov 24, 2013 at 22:43 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglishLL/status/404742038601879552 | ||
| Nov 24, 2013 at 22:32 | answer | added | J.R.♦ | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 24, 2013 at 22:24 | comment | added | user230 | Miscellaneous is fine, or just misc for short. So are ungrouped and uncategorized. You could also label the box other. | |
| Nov 24, 2013 at 19:32 | comment | added | NS.X. | @WendiKidd Maybe my understanding is wrong but 'miscellaneous' makes me feel the items do not serve major purposes instead of are coming from diverse sources. | |
| Nov 24, 2013 at 19:23 | comment | added | WendiKidd | Miscellaneous sounds perfectly fine to me. Can you elaborate as to why you don't think it's the word you're looking for? | |
| Nov 24, 2013 at 19:21 | history | asked | NS.X. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |