missend

American  

[mis-send] / mɪsˈsɛnd /

verb (used with object)

missent, missending

1. to send or forward, especially mail, to a wrong place or person.

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Etymology

Origin of missend

First recorded in 1400–50, missend is from the late Middle English word missenden. See mis- ¹, send ¹

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Example Sentences

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missent

That person was probably trying to overcompensate for the attitudes you saw in the missent email and to make you feel welcome.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021

She sat upstairs for hours, and gazed over the railing at the rows of men who were opening and examining thousands of missent letters.

From Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 by Various

I was certain that no one knew that it had been missent.

From The Expressman and the Detective by Allan Pinkerton

The one missent must first be attended to; it had been written five days ago.

From Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Gentlemen,—The Examiner reached me to-day; it had been missent on account of the direction, which was to Currer Bell, care of Miss Bronte.

From Life of Charlotte Bronte — Volume 2 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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