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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To deliver incorrectly. transitive

   "It was not unusual to misdeliver mail and to go back and try to retrieve it."

2. 2
   deliver to the wrong address wordnet

Example

More examples

"It was not unusual to misdeliver mail and to go back and try to retrieve it."

Etymology

From mis- + deliver.

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