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 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 Herman Melville

I was certain that no one knew that it had been missent.

From The Expressman and the Detective by Allan Pinkerton

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

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 Allan Pinkerton

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