Have you ever sent an email, intending to attach something and referring to it in the email, but without actually attaching? I'm wondering if there is a word or words to describe:
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The email itself. e.g. 'I just sent a ????? email'
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The act of sending such an email. e.g. 'I just ?????ed'
Any proposed word(s) could/should encapsulate concepts of incompleteness or emptiness and/or fact that email was sent prematurely.
I'm not thinking about emails that should have multiple attachments but are incomplete. It's really those simple, '1 attachment' emails.
UPDATE: Playing on another meaning of 'attached', I thought that an email without an attachment could be considered to be 'unattached'. Some words which came up when looking for synonyms were 'single', 'unwed' and 'bachelor'. I don't think any of these are quite right, but hopefully they may inspire others….
Best Answer
"Attachmentless."
Or, you could simply say "E-mail without the intended attachment." There's not exactly a thing for which we've needed an English word.