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Discover LudwigThe word "misaddress" is a valid word in written English
It is used to mean wrongly or inaccurately address something (like a letter or an email). For example: "I'm sorry I misaddressed the letter I sent to you yesterday."
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misaddress
verb
To address (a letter, etc.) incorrectly.
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Elizabeth, a feisty and outspoken girl, addresses those who misaddress her in this artfully drawn tale.
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I had once misaddressed him as Johnny and had been pretending it was a joke ever since.
It was a day late, after Google had somehow managed to preside over the misaddressing of every single one to Gordon House.
"Having therefore no claim to retain, or even to read the enclosed [letter], he returns it for the convenience of the writer who has thus misaddressed it".
His letter was misaddressed and failed to reach the committee on time, and the rest is history, up to a point.
When he caught up to them, he would say, Look, Suzanne, I know you don't know my name, having misaddressed me as Roger that time you asked me to scoot over, but nevertheless I must confess I feel there is something to us.
A couple of weeks later, one of the cards came back (it had been misaddressed).
That letter was misaddressed but eventually reached the Justice Department.
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