Definition of Misaddress

1. Verb. Put a wrong address on. "Misdirect the letter"

Exact synonyms: Misdirect
Generic synonyms: Address, Direct

Definition of Misaddress

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Misaddress

1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misaddress

misacceptation
misacceptations
misacknowledge
misacknowledging
misact
misacted
misacting
misacts
misadapt
misadapted
misadapting
misadapts
misadd
misadded
misadding
misaddress (current term)
misaddressed
misaddresses
misaddressing
misadds
misadjust
misadjusted
misadjusting
misadjustment
misadjustments
misadjusts
misadventure
misadventured
misadventurer
misadventurers

Literary usage of Misaddress

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1898)
"misaddress was charming, and gave an insight into the thousands of volumes that go to make up a library on natural history. ..."

2. The Metropolitan (1831)
"misaddress was exceedingly prepossessing ; and to be regarded as a well- bred man, we suspect, was as gratifying to him as bis professional reputation. ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Trials in Actions Civil and Criminal by Seymour Dwight Thompson, Marion C. Early (1912)
"... f 3256. carrier's liability in delivering car of grain—position of car, § 3257. loss of goods—misaddress as contributory negligence, § 3258. ..."

4. History of Salt Lake City by Edward William Tullidge (1886)
"THE HALT AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION misaddress TO THE TROOPS. CAMP DOUGLAS. Although the Utah militia had been offered for the protection of the Overland ..."

5. A History of India Under the Two First Sovereigns of the House of Taimur by William Erskine (1854)
"He called a council of his nobles, and addressed them misaddress on the present posture of his affairs. He told them, council, that after long years of toil ..."

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