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verbmisdeliver (third-person singular simple present misdelivers, present participle misdelivering, simple past and past participle misdelivered)
present singular third person misdelivers · participle present misdelivering · participle past misdelivered · past misdelivered
- transitiveTo deliver incorrectly.
It was not unusual to misdeliver mail and to go back and try to retrieve it.
2009 July 23, Lesley Ciarula Taylor, “Police condemned for racial profiling of letter carrier”, in Toronto Star
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APA
misdeliver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misdeliver
MLA
“misdeliver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misdeliver. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misdeliver,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misdeliver.
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