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Etymology

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mis- +‎ deliver

Verb

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misdeliver (third-person singular simple present misdelivers, present participle misdelivering, simple past and past participle misdelivered)

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