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 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
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
Inquiries were at once instituted, when it was discovered that it had been missent, and forwarded to Atlanta, instead of Macon.
From The Expressman and the Detective by Pinkerton, Allan
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 Joyce, Herbert
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