Meaning & use
Missent
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Sent to the wrong address, recipient, or destination by mistake.
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The missent package eventually made its way back to the correct address.
Postal workers set aside the missent letters for redelivery.
A note on using this word
Formed by adding the prefix 'mis-' to 'sent,' the past tense of 'send.'
Words with a similar meaning
misdirectedmisdelivered
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