undeliverable

adjective un·de·liv·er·able \ ˌən-di-ˈli-v(ə-)rə-bəl , -dē- \

Updated on: 27 Apr 2018

Definition of undeliverable

: not capable of being delivered : not deliverable

undeliverable mail/e-mail

an undeliverable parcel

a message returned as undeliverable

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undeliverability

play \ˌən-di-ˌli-v(ə-)rə-ˈbi-lə-tē, -dē-\ noun

Recent Examples of undeliverable from the Web

The money is generally from checks issued by the county, but returned as undeliverable mail.

— karen farkas, cleveland.com, "Cuyahoga County adds $7.3 million to budget by transferring unclaimed funds," 24 Apr. 2018
But the distinction between a failure to respond to a notice and one returned as undeliverable seemed to appeal to Justice Breyer.

— adam liptak, New York Times, "Supreme Court Weighs Purge of Ohio Voting Rolls," 10 Jan. 2018
An email to Banks’s White House email address was returned as undeliverable early Wednesday afternoon.

— justin worland, Time, "Another White House Official Just Resigned Because He Couldn’t Get a Security Clearance," 14 Feb. 2018
Smith said 20 percent of people sent back the forms, and the Post Office returned 10 percent as undeliverable.

— greg stohr, Bloomberg.com, "Voter-Purge Efforts Get Support at U.S. High Court Session," 10 Jan. 2018
The state then sent a second, forwardable postcard to everyone whose first card was returned by the post office as undeliverable.

— mark joseph stern, Slate Magazine, "Did Alabama Just Violate Federal Voting Law?," 14 Dec. 2017

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