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misaddress

misaddress verb: to address (a letter, etc.) incorrectly.

Verb

misaddress (third-person singular simple present misaddresses, present participle misaddressing, simple past and past participle misaddressed)

  1. (transitive) To address (a letter, etc.) incorrectly.
    • She had written it to him before she died, but had misaddressed it — and hence the postal delay.1970, Queen's Quarterly, volume 77, page 35

Forms of misaddress

third-person singular presentmisaddresses
present participlemisaddressing
past participlemisaddressed
pastmisaddressed

Origin of misaddress

From mis- + address.

Questions about misaddress

What does misaddress mean?
Misaddress means to address (a letter, etc.) incorrectly.
What part of speech is misaddress?
Misaddress is a verb.
What is the past tense of misaddress?
The past tense of misaddress is misaddressed.

Words near misaddress in the dictionary

  1. misadd
  2. misadded
  3. misadding
  4. misaddition
  5. misadditions
  6. misaddress
  7. misaddressed
  8. misaddresses
  9. misaddressing
  10. misadds
  11. misadjust

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