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misdeliver

misdeliver verb: to deliver incorrectly.

Verb

misdeliver (third-person singular simple present misdelivers, present participle misdelivering, simple past and past participle misdelivered)

  1. (transitive) To deliver incorrectly.
    • It was not unusual to misdeliver mail and to go back and try to retrieve it.2009 July 23, Lesley Ciarula Taylor, “Police condemned for racial profiling of letter carrier”, in Toronto Star

Forms of misdeliver

third-person singular presentmisdelivers
present participlemisdelivering
past participlemisdelivered
pastmisdelivered

Origin of misdeliver

From mis- + deliver.

Questions about misdeliver

What does misdeliver mean?
Misdeliver means to deliver incorrectly.
What part of speech is misdeliver?
Misdeliver is a verb.
What is the past tense of misdeliver?
The past tense of misdeliver is misdelivered.

Words near misdeliver in the dictionary

  1. misdefined
  2. misdefines
  3. misdefining
  4. misdefinition
  5. misdefinitions
  6. misdeliver
  7. misdelivered
  8. misdeliveries
  9. misdelivering
  10. misdelivers
  11. misdelivery

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