"misforward" meaning in English

See misforward in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: misforwards [present, singular, third-person], misforwarding [participle, present], misforwarded [participle, past], misforwarded [past]
Etymology: From mis- + forward. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|forward}} mis- + forward Head templates: {{en-verb}} misforward (third-person singular simple present misforwards, present participle misforwarding, simple past and past participle misforwarded)
  1. To forward to the wrong destination.

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1889, Geoffrey Drage, Cyril: A Romantic Novel, page 283:",
          "text": "He never failed to be considerate for the feelings of all about him, even when all his telegrams and messages had been misdelivered or misforwarded, and the boys always listened to what he had to say with the greatest respect; and he knew Evelyn must be exasperated to a degree to speak in such a tone.",
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        {
          "ref": "1927, The Express Messenger - Volumes 10-11, page 16:",
          "text": "Confusion follows and shipments intended for consignees in one town are frequently misforwarded to those in the other.",
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          "ref": "1985, Dylan Thomas, Paul Ferris, The Collected Letters of Dylan Thomas, page 705:",
          "text": "I have just come back to Wales to live, and letters have been misforwarded.",
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Philippe Byrnes, Protocol Management in Computer Networking, page 376:",
          "text": "We also discuss the faults to which the intermediate systems that execute these concatenation tasks are liable; the consequences of such faults include end-to-end PDUs being misforwarded, proliferating without limit, or simply disappearing into “black holes.”",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Panos C. Lekkas, Network Processors: Architectures, Protocols and Platforms, page 11:",
          "text": "They could also end up being misforwarded by an incorrectly configured router.",
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