verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To address (a letter, etc.) incorrectly. transitive

   "She had written it to him before she died, but had misaddressed it — and hence the postal delay."

2. 2
   put a wrong address on wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

misdirectmisdirect

Example

More examples

"She had written it to him before she died, but had misaddressed it — and hence the postal delay."

Etymology

From mis- + address.

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