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to misaddress

to misaddress

7.7
To write the wrong delivery details on a letter or package
  • verb
  • /ˌmɪsəˈdrɛs/
translation icon : dirigir mal
  • After checking the labels, she realized she had misaddressed several invitations for her birthday party.

Examples

  • When I opened my mailbox, I found a letter that had been misaddressed and delivered to me by mistake.

  • In addition to the correction of defective data, the DRAM address has been included in the check-bit generation in order to detect misaddressing.

    Academic text (1997)

  • They perform a variety of essential housekeeping functions, like returning misaddressed e-mail, keeping track of visitors to a website, handling submissions to listservs, and maintaining a data log of files being downloaded.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The package was misaddressed and sent to the wrong house, causing a delay in its delivery.

Synonyms

to misdirect
vsto misaddress
2 5.5

To send something to the wrong address or person

puts an incorrect address on items before they are sent
to misdeliver
vsto misaddress
1 6.8

To give a letter or package by mistake to the wrong place

involves putting the wrong address on an item before delivery

Surface Forms

misaddress infinitive
misaddressed past
misaddressed past participle
misaddressing present participle
misaddresses third person singular

Morphology

misaddress = address (transparent) = mis + address

Meaning is directly formed by the productive prefix 'mis-' meaning 'wrongly' or 'badly' added to the verb 'address'.

Etymology

Misaddress is made of the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and the common word address meaning 'to write an address on a letter'. So, to misaddress something is to put the wrong address on it.