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mismailing

mismailing is the present participle and gerund 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 mismailing

What is mismailing the present participle and gerund of?
Mismailing is the present participle and gerund of mismail.

Words near mismailing in the dictionary

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

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