misbox

An instance of missorting a piece of mail.

Noun

  1. An instance of missorting a piece of mail.
    • Since the guide program was placed in operation on operation 3, 4, and 6, beginning Monday, January 18, and Monday , January 25, 1960 , 'misboxes' have increased considerably and yet this condition is not reflected in...

Origin

From mis- + box.

Forms

misboxes

Verb

  1. To put in the wrong box.
    • New protection for the film itself with cartridges that thread automatically, are permanently labeled, never miswound or misboxed. - 1968, ALA Bulletin - Volume 62, page 800:
    • You may want to address the issue of "misboxing" with your cleaner, but be respectful about it and just pose the question. - 2002, Steve Boorstein, The Ultimate Guide to Shopping and Caring for Clothing, page 112:
    • To make matters worse we didn't get an order the rest of the hour so, I some how managed to misbox the only three orders in an hour. - 2014, Charles Neal, Getting the Pizzas to the People:
  2. To sort (mail) incorrectly.
    • On the nineteenth of this month the letter was misboxed to you and failing to see the error you took it out and delivered it at 1892 Maxwell avenue, without any inquiry. - 1892, The Postal Record - Volumes 5-6, page 226:
    • In the one exception referred to he misboxed one card out of a total of 727. - 1943, National Alliance of Postal Employees (U.S.)., National Alliance, page 16:
    • Our mail may be misboxed, misplaced, mishandled or just plain missing. - 2004, Michael Tracey, May the Wind Be at Your Back:

Forms

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