How to Use undeliverable in a Sentence

undeliverable

adjective
  • Email sent to his work address did kick back as undeliverable.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 10 Feb. 2020
  • Emails to the address listed there bounced back as undeliverable.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The local mosque did not return calls for comment, and an email was returned as undeliverable.
    Joshua Stewart, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 Aug. 2017
  • His emails to staff began bouncing back as undeliverable.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 11 May 2026
  • An email sent to the sole address that could be found on Eken's website was returned undeliverable.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Any package that’s undeliverable and unclaimed for 90 days is fair game.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
  • An email was sent to Tesla seeking comment, but bounced back as undeliverable.
    CBS News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Konan alleges the employees marked some of the mail as undeliverable or return to sender.
    Mark Sherman, Fortune, 25 Feb. 2026
  • An inquiry sent to an email address on the company's website bounced back as undeliverable.
    Kevin Collier, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2021
  • So their checks may have been returned as undeliverable or their direct deposits were rejected.
    Tami Luhby, CNN, 25 Jan. 2022
  • All were sent back as undeliverable by the post office — which routinely forwards mail for a maximum of one year.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022
  • My letter came back as undeliverable.
    Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The notices were returned to the shelter as undeliverable in April.
    Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Then the papers were sent through regular mail; they were also returned undeliverable.
    Nellie Bowles, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2017
  • This usually results from warrants/checks that are undeliverable by the postal service.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2023
  • This process will catch addresses missing an @ sign or other structural issues that make the address undeliverable from the start.
    Tom Wozniak, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The letter came back as undeliverable, with no forwarding address.
    Joe Mahr, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • 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, 14 Dec. 2017
  • If your package is marked as undeliverable or missing, then contact Amazon or the third-party seller.
    Riley Rourke, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The money is generally from checks issued by the county, but returned as undeliverable mail.
    Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • If a summons is returned as undeliverable or not responded to in a timely manner, the court will send out a new summons to a person living in the same zip code.
    Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Court records show hearing notices sent to an address used by ICE were returned as undeliverable.
    Dan Raby, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Current law says that notices should sent after four years of no voting, with no change in status unless the post office returns the notice as undeliverable.
    Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 9 June 2020
  • Mailers are sent out to voters regularly, and the office reacts to those that are returned undeliverable.
    Larry Barszewski, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Wood did not return emails, and inquiries to #FightBack's news media email address came back as undeliverable.
    Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2020
  • If the mail does not return as undeliverable, the county considers that address verified.
    Jen Fifield, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Palmer confirmed that the company was kaput and her emails to representatives bounced back as undeliverable.
    Alana Semuels, TIME, 26 June 2024
  • The officials said in other instances, ballots sent to election offices are returned to the voter as undeliverable.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2024
  • However, immigration court records show notices went to the wrong address and were returned as undeliverable.
    Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Emails sent to it were returned as undeliverable, and Konkler did not return multiple phone calls and messages seeking comment.
    Derek Willis, ProPublica, 26 June 2020

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