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misforwarding

misforwarding is the present participle and gerund of misforward.

Meaning of misforward

Verb

misforward (third-person singular simple present misforwards, present participle misforwarding, simple past and past participle misforwarded)

  1. To forward to the wrong destination.
    • He never failed to be considerate for the feelings of all about him, even when all his telegrams and messages had been misdelivered or misforwarded, and the boys always listened to what he had to say with the greatest respect; and he knew Evelyn must be exasperated to a degree to speak in such a...1889, Geoffrey Drage, Cyril: A Romantic Novel, page 283

Questions about misforwarding

What is misforwarding the present participle and gerund of?
Misforwarding is the present participle and gerund of misforward.

Words near misforwarding in the dictionary

  1. misfortunes
  2. misfortunes never come alone
  3. misfortunes never come singly
  4. misforward
  5. misforwarded
  6. misforwarding
  7. misforwards
  8. misframe
  9. misframed
  10. misframes
  11. misframing

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