missend
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of missend
First recorded in 1400–50, missend is from the late Middle English word missenden. See mis- 1, send 1
Example Sentences
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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
The one missent must first be attended to; it had been written five days ago.
From Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The ship tore on; leaving such a furrow in the sea as when a cannon-ball, missent, becomes a ploughshare and turns up the level field.
From Great Sea Stories by Joseph Lewis French
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
The ship tore on; leaving such a furrow in the sea as when a cannonball, missent, becomes a plough-share and turns up the level field.
From Moby Dick: or, the White Whale by Herman Melville
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