misship

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ ship.

Verb

misship (third-person singular simple present misships, present participle misshipping, simple past and past participle misshipped)

1. To ship incorrectly, such as to the wrong location or at the wrong time.
   • 1984, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Unfair Foreign Trade Practices, page 33:

     Agent Garretson had suggested to Yoshida that he could arrange for an IBM employee to misship a kit, and if Yoshida could find a buyer he would give Yoshida a sizable share of the profits.

   • 2011, Sean Stewart, On the Ground:

     The FBI would come, find our bundles and water them down, or misship our stuff on purpose.

   • 2017, Cpt. John G. Westover, Combat Support in Korea:

     Rations were coming to us direct from Pusan, but carloads of supplies from Pohang-dong, which had been delayed or misshipped, were still arriving.