misaddress

ˌmɪsəˈdrɛs

Definition

Definition of misaddress - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

incorrect destination

Rare

send to a wrong or inappropriate address

Rare

He misaddressed the package, and it was delivered to the wrong house..

misdirect

misroute

postal error

Rare

write an incorrect address on a letter

Rare

She misaddressed the invitation to the wrong house.

misdirect

misroute

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Origin of misaddress

Latin, mis (wrongly) + address (direct)

Examples of misaddress in a sentence

The letter was misaddressed and ended up in another city.
He misaddressed the package, causing a delivery delay.
The letter was misaddressed and returned to sender.

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French:mal adresser, se tromper d'adresse, ...
German:an eine falsche Adresse senden, falsch adressieren, ...
Italian:inviare all'indirizzo sbagliato, indirizzare male, ...
Spanish:enviar a la dirección incorrecta, escribir mal la dirección, ...
Portuguese:endereçar incorretamente, endereçar mal, ...
Chinese:写错地址, 误写, ...
Japanese:誤った住所に送る, 誤った住所を書く, ...
Arabic:أرسل إلى عنوان خاطئ, أَخْطَأَ فِي كِتَابَةِ الْعُنْوَان, ...
Hebrew:לִשְׁלוֹחַ לִכְתוֹבֶת שְׁגוּיָה, לִכְתוֹב כְּתוֹבֶת שְׁגוּיָה, ...
Russian:неправильно адресовать, неправильно указывать адрес, ...
Ukrainian:неправильно адресувати, неправильно адресувати лист, ...
Hindi:गलत पते पर भेजना, गलत पता लिखना, ...
Bengali:ভুল ঠিকানায় পাঠানো, ভুল ঠিকানা লেখা, ...
Catalan:enviar a una adreça incorrecta, equivocar-se d'adreça, ...
Czech:špatně adresovat, chybně nadepsat, ...
Danish:sende til en forkert adresse, adressere forkert, ...
Dutch:verkeerd adresseren, foutief adresseren, ...
Greek:στέλνω σε λάθος διεύθυνση, γράφω λάθος διεύθυνση, ...
Hungarian:félrecímezni, rosszul címezni, ...
Khmer:ដាក់អាសយដ្ឋានខុសលើ, សរសេរអាសយដ្ឋានខុស, ...
Korean:잘못 주소를 쓰다, 잘못 보내다, ...
Persian:اشتباه آدرس دادن, آدرس‌گذاری کرد, ...
Polish:źle zaadresować, wpisać zły adres, ...
Portuguese (BR):endereçar incorretamente, endereçar errado, ...
Romanian:a adresa greșit, a scrie greșit adresa, ...
Swedish:feladressera, ...
Thai:ส่งผิดที่, เขียนที่อยู่ผิด, ...
Turkish:yanlış adreslemek, yanlış adres yazmak, ...
Vietnamese:gửi nhầm địa chỉ, viết sai địa chỉ, ...

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