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present singular third person misships · participle present misshipping · participle past misshipped · past misshipped
- To ship incorrectly, such as to the wrong location or at the wrong time.
The FBI would come, find our bundles and water them down, or misship our stuff on purpose.
2011, Sean Stewart, On the Ground2 more examples
Agent Garretson had suggested to Yoshida that he could arrange for an IBM employee to misship a kit, and if Yoshida could find a buyer he would give Yoshida a sizable share of the profits.
1984, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Unfair Foreign Trade Practices, page 33Rations were coming to us direct from Pusan, but carloads of supplies from Pohang-dong, which had been delayed or misshipped, were still arriving.
2017, Cpt. John G. Westover, Combat Support in Korea
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misship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misship
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