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

Annie was deeply wounded, though she tried to believe that he had written and that the letter had been missent or lost.

From Opening a Chestnut Burr by Edward Payson Roe

A letter of Mrs. Philbrick's went, "missent," to Beaufort, N. C., which is, I believe, Bofort.

From Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) by Elizabeth Ware Pearson

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 William Dodge Stevens

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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