misaddress

mis·ad·dress

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [mis-uh-dres]
- /ˌmɪs əˈdrɛs/
- /mɪsədrˈes/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mis-uh-dres]
- /ˌmɪs əˈdrɛs/

Definitions of misaddress word

verb with object misaddress to address incorrectly or improperly: to misaddress a letter. 1
noun misaddress (transitive) To address (a letter, etc.) incorrectly. 1
verb misaddress to address incorrectly 0
verb misaddress to address (a person) improperly 0

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Origin of misaddress

First appearance:

before 1640

One of the 44% oldest English words

First recorded in 1640-50; mis-1 + address

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Parts of speech for Misaddress

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Misaddress

misaddress popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Antonyms for misaddress

verb misaddress

address — Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.

Just one Antonym for misaddress