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mismailed

mismailed is the simple past and past participle of mismail.

Meaning of mismail

Verb

mismail (third-person singular simple present mismails, present participle mismailing, simple past and past participle mismailed)

  1. (transitive) To mail incorrectly; to send (a letter etc.) to the wrong place.
    • As the disbursing clerk, through his employees, mailed the check in accordance with the address furnished him by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, it seems that no blame can be attached to him for its mismailing.1936, Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, volume 15, page 980

Questions about mismailed

What is mismailed the simple past and past participle of?
Mismailed is the simple past and past participle of mismail.

Words near mismailed in the dictionary

  1. mismachined
  2. mismachines
  3. mismachining
  4. mismade
  5. mismail
  6. mismailed
  7. mismailing
  8. mismails
  9. mismaintain
  10. mismaintained
  11. mismaintaining

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