Mismail
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To mail incorrectly; to send (a letter etc.) to the wrong place. transitive
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From mis- + mail.
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