The phrase "addressee was" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the person to whom a message or communication is directed, often in a past context.
Example: "In the previous correspondence, the addressee was clearly identified as the project manager."
Alternatives: "recipient was" or "intended recipient was".
During the NCP condition, the participant pointed at an object without any interaction with an addressee even though the addressee was still present.
However, 541 postal surveys were returned to sender, as the addressee was no longer at the address provided by the NDSS, or was deceased.
However, in spite of this, 541 survey packages were returned to sender, because the addressee was either no longer residing at the address or was deceased.
It includes in the denominator both all cases which did not return the questionnaire and all cases for whom the post office returned the questionnaires because the addressee was unknown.
To reduce postal costs we therefore sent a brief introductory letter prior to the main mailing in which we asked recipients to inform us (by Freephone or reply-paid mail) if the addressee was no longer at that address (with new details if known).
But the addressee is also central to the unrequited lover's project.
"Absence", once more denoting an addressee, is echoed by "Absent" as an adjective, the subject of which is "I".
As Pissier remarked, I am an adult, the mail sorters are adults, the mailman is an adult, and the addressee is an adult.
Presumably, the intention mentioned is an intention about what the addressee is to believe about the speaker.
Since the addressee is materially present, and the activity is negotiated planning, the textual roles are potentially 'reversible'reversible
Specifically, the addressee is some section of 'the public', and though not without some identifiable attributes, is not directly knowable.
