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to mislocate

to mislocate

1 6.8
To put something in the wrong place
  • verb
  • /ˌmɪsloʊˈkeɪt/
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  • She mislocated the documents in her office, spending hours trying to find them.

Examples

  • The map mislocated the restaurant, sending us to the wrong part of the city.

  • The risk is similar to the risk of a cell phone mislocating itself, almost zero.

    Blog text (11)

  • How on earth is one supposed to find a place that is mislocated without the aid of overhead satellite imagery and a useful zoom level?

    Blog text (12)

  • And in other ancient news: the Battle of Hastings may well have been mislocated by a country mile for 950 years.

    Blog text (19)

  • There he was, bellowing for his wife, cursing her for mislocating the Sterno cups, hacking up our pet with a cleaver in the shade of his bass boat.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Moments later, we heard from Carmen herself, who called to check our address (our iPhone's GPS had mislocated Betabeat's offices by a block, and we suppressed a giggle as we gave Carmen our actual address).

    Blog text (25)

  • If the GPS mislocates your position, you might end up lost during your trip.

Synonyms

to misplace
vsto mislocate
104 3.0

To put something in the wrong place so you cannot find it again

puts or shows something wrongly without focusing on findability
to misalign
vsto mislocate
4 6.7

To put parts in the wrong position so they do not line up

describes a single object wrongly positioned rather than relational error
to misfile
vsto mislocate
3 4.3

To put a document in the wrong file by mistake

applies to any object or position not only documents
to mislay
vsto mislocate
1 4.3

To put something somewhere and later cannot find it again

involves wrong placement without stressing accidental loss

How Correctly Placed

to position
159 2.5
to locate
533 2.7
to place
∞ 1.0
to mislocate
1 6.8

Surface Forms

mislocate infinitive
mislocated past
mislocated past participle
mislocating present participle
mislocates third person singular

Morphology

mislocate = locate (transparent) = mis + locate

Formed by the productive prefix 'mis-' (meaning 'wrongly') + the verb 'locate', yielding a directly predictable meaning.

Etymology

Mislocate comes from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and locate, which is related to location and means 'place'. So, to mislocate something is to put it in the wrong place.