Misdispatching

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The act of sending something to the wrong destination or recipient; the error in delivering or forwarding goods, messages, or correspondence incorrectly; mishandling the allocation or assignment of items during dispatching
2. Incorrectly forwarding packages, documents, or communications to unintended locations; making mistakes in the process of distributing or sending out items; the process of mismanaging the routing or delivery of shipments
3. Erroneously routing or transmitting materials to an incorrect place or individual; faults occurring in the system of dispatch leading to improper distribution; the failure to correctly send out or allocate delivered goods or information

Etymology: Dispatch once meant to finish something off, and to kill, as well as to send. It was borrowed into English from Italian or French, where it carried the sense of hastening something along. Its later meaning of sending a message or goods on their way took hold over time, and the older senses faded. Misdispatching is a present participle of "misdispatch," formed by adding the prefix "mis-," meaning wrongly or amiss, to dispatch. English has many verbs built this way, such as misaddress and misroute, so the formation is ordinary rather than unusual. The verb describes sending items to the wrong place or recipient.

Synonyms: misrouting, misdirecting, mistiming, missending

Antonyms: correct dispatching, proper routing, successful sending