undelivered

Examples

• All

• The post office reported that there were several undelivered packages due to incorrect addresses.

• It is against the law for you to retain undelivered items.

  Fiction book (1991)

• So after three years, there was a lot of undelivered mail.

  Big Fish (2003)

• - It was full of undelivered packages.

  Zombieland (2009)

• The electric blanket I had sent her came back undelivered.

  Fedora (1978)

• In the central post office, mail lies undelivered; at the latest count, five million letters and parcels are waiting.

  Fiction book (1991)

• His papers sat in a bundle on the porch, undelivered.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Not to worry, he said; she could read the undelivered drafts when she returned to North Carolina.

  Fiction book (2002)

• "She seals the bag and puts it on the bookshelf next to undelivered gifts, small garden tools, and a box of candles."

  Fiction book (2000)

• After the storm, many residents found undelivered mail piled up in their mailboxes.

Synonyms

U

undeliverable

vsundelivered

2 4.2

Not able to be delivered to the person or place it should reach

is the general case of items not sent, given, or received as intended

U

unreceived

vsundelivered

7.1

Something that does not reach the person or place it was sent to

is broader, covering failure to be sent, given, or accepted as intended

U

unshipped

vsundelivered

4.9

Not yet sent to the person who ordered it

is used more broadly, including items that were sent but not received

How Delivered

undelivered

2 4.2

unsent

5.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology