Dead Mail (Noun)
Meaning
Mail that can neither be delivered nor returned.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Dead mail accumulated in the post office as letters with illegible addresses sat in limbo.
- After months, the package was labeled as dead mail because no one claimed it.
- The post office processes dead mail by donating the contents to local charities or auctioning off items of value.
- Undeliverable packages were categorized as dead mail until the senders could be located.
- When a package has no return address and is undeliverable, it becomes part of the dead mail collection in the post office.