misaddress

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verb

To address (a letter, etc.) incorrectly.

Similar
misdirect
OriginEnglish address ← Middle English adressen ← Old French adrecier →
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Meanings

verbmisaddress (third-person singular simple present misaddresses, present participle misaddressing, simple past and past participle misaddressed)

present singular third person misaddresses · participle present misaddressing · participle past misaddressed · past misaddressed

  1. transitiveTo address (a letter, etc.) incorrectly.

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

    1970, Queen's Quarterly, volume 77, page 35

Synonyms & antonyms

verbput a wrong address on

Similar
misdirect
Broader
addressdirect
Also see
misdirect

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  10. Proto-Italic*ad
  11. Proto-Italic*ad-
  12. Latinad-
  13. Old Frencha-
  14. Vulgar Latin*dīrēctiāre
  15. Old Frenchdrecier
  16. Old Frenchadrecier
  17. Middle Englishadressen
  18. Englishaddress
  19. Englishmisaddress

From mis- + address.

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APA

misaddress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misaddress

MLA

“misaddress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misaddress. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misaddress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misaddress.

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