[
US
/mɪsˈpɫeɪst/
]
[ UK /mɪsplˈeɪst/ ]
[ UK /mɪsplˈeɪst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place
misplaced tickets
the mislaid hat turned up eventually -
put in the wrong place or position
She was penalized for a spelling mistake or a misplaced accent
How To Use misplaced In A Sentence
- Yet, there are times when I wonder if my love is misplaced, if I should temper my affection.
- INA recently won a grievance to place all nurses misplaced on the salary schedule in their appropriate slot.
- His optimism was misplaced and the conflict continued for four years. Times, Sunday Times
- He says the most sublime things without effort and he often finishes them by a turn of pleasantry which is neither misplaced nor far-fetched. A Philosophical Dictionary
- The department also said that 26 portable memory sticks containing classified information had been stolen or misplaced since January. Times, Sunday Times
- It is time that students in institutions of higher learning in Zambia began differentiating between misplaced student militarism and academic development.
- I remember during the 8-year Bush Presidency, various friends of mine on the Left eviscerated President Bush on every word stumble, misplaced thought, "unpolitical" correct utterance, and his Texas ways many times. The Moderate Voice
- Rosser had a run from the back but the move broke down following a misplaced pass.
- Under the substitutional theory of artifact production, the forgeries of documents so common in the Middle Ages can be understood as the legitimate reproduction of accidentally misplaced facts.
- Not all anger is misplaced, and often it's a healthy, natural response to these difficulties.