单词 | missent |
释义 | missentadj. Of a letter, etc.: that has been sent to a wrong place or person. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > sending > [adjective] > sent to wrong place or person misdirected1650 missent1727 1727 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 28) ii. Gen. List 94 General Letter-Office in Lombard-street..Mr. Robert Parsons and Mr. John Jess, To overlook the Franks and mis-sent Letters. 1834 M. Edgeworth Helen II. ix. 199 She pointed to the word ‘Mis-sent’, written on the corner of the cover. 1888 Overland Monthly Oct. 435/2 There are flaws in the plot, as for instance the threadbare expedient of the missent letter. 1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 88 Mis-sent, blamed, yet blame-exempt. 1982 Jrnl. Money, Credit, & Banking 14 481 Miscoded, misdated, missent, and unsigned items. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1727 |
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