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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

misdeliver en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + deliver.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To deliver incorrectly.
    • It was not unusual to misdeliver mail and to go back and try to retrieve it. 2009 July 23, Lesley Ciarula Taylor, “Police condemned for racial profiling of letter carrier”, in Toronto Star:

Forms

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misdelivers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
misdelivered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misdelivered Tense=Past lexicographic
misdelivering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic