MISADDRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does misaddress mean? 

• MISADDRESS (verb)
  The verb MISADDRESS has 1 sense:

1. put a wrong address on

  Familiarity information: MISADDRESS used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISADDRESS (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they misaddress    ... he / she / it misaddresses   
Past simple: misaddressed   
Past participle: misaddressed   
-ing form: misaddressing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put a wrong address on

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

misaddress; misdirect

Context example:

misdirect the letter

Hypernyms (to "misaddress" is one way to...):

address; direct (put an address on (an envelope))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something