misplaced
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2.8
- adjective
- /ˌmɪsˈpleɪst/
- After searching for hours, I realized that my keys were simply misplaced on the kitchen counter.
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Watch on YouTubeWhere one misplaced word doesn't mean that you're going to be raged at or discarded.
- Where one misplaced word doesn't mean that you're going to be raged at or discarded.
Examples
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The documents were misplaced in the wrong folder, causing delays in the project.
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And I mean, it seems a bit misplaced given some of the things he says.
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So you could go off and burn this money with a misplaced faith in the British justice system.
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I think your anger may be a little misplaced, though.
Blog text (31) -
You know, I really struggled a lot with my own misplaced anger.
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We admire your courage, chief, however misplaced it may be.
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One might, of course, think that it is misplaced or unfounded.
Academic text (2000) -
And as for "being extremely angry," that's a great example of misplaced priorities.
Blog text (13) -
In retrospect, their misplaced confidence in their cause seems positively crazy.
Blog text (24) -
This is a bunch of veggie hackers with a misplaced sense of their own importance.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not in a person's possession and cannot be found
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4.7
Temporarily lost because you put it somewhere and forgot where
Compounds
- Specialized
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8.4
A word or phrase placed so it seems to describe the wrong part of a sentence and confuses the meaning
How Lost
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Misplaced comes from the parts mis- meaning 'wrong' and place meaning 'to put'. Like in mistake, mis- shows something is done wrong, so to be misplaced is to be put in the wrong place or temporarily lost.