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

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

In 1784 only a part of the dead letters and letters that had been missent went to the newly-created dead letter office.

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

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 Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

This package was intended for a party in Columbus, Ga. It had been missent, and forwarded by mistake to Atlanta, instead of to Macon, and from Atlanta to me in Montgomery.

From The Expressman and the Detective by Pinkerton, Allan

The inspector of the "bye, dead, and missent letters," as they were called, had neglected his duties.

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