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

The dead and missent letters were a source of continual trouble.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Herbert Joyce

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

We know that letters which could not be delivered and letters which had been missent were always treated together.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Herbert Joyce

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

From Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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