misship

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verb

To ship incorrectly, such as to the wrong location or at the wrong time.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

verbmisship (third-person singular simple present misships, present participle misshipping, simple past and past participle misshipped)

present singular third person misships · participle present misshipping · participle past misshipped · past misshipped

  1. 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 Ground
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    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 33

    Rations 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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APA

misship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misship

MLA

“misship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misship. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misship,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misship.

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