misdeliver

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ deliver.

Verb

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.