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

But I have been for some time absent from London and it is possible that letters may have been missent.

From The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 Edited by Extracts from the Diary of the Latter by Wellington, Duke of

Again "someone had blundered," and his invitation had been missent.

From In the Days of Queen Victoria by Tappan, Eva March

The ship tore on; leaving such a furrow in the sea as when a cannon-ball, missent, becomes a plough-share and turns up the level field.

From Moby Dick, or, the whale by Melville, Herman

There was even a little letter from Eddy, which had been missent, because he had spelled Banbridge like two words—Ban Bridge.

From The Debtor A Novel by Stevens, William Dodge