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Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... Take the quiz. The meaning of MISPLACE is to put in a wrong or inappropriate place. How to use misplace in a sentence.
MISPLACED definition: 1. directed towards someone or something wrongly or in a way that does not show good judgment: 2…. Learn more.
Synonyms for MISPLACED: missing, lost, gone, mislaid, forgotten, absent, irretrievable, unknown; Antonyms of MISPLACED: retained, possessed, owned, loved, protected, valued, cherished, treasured.
verb (used with object) , mis·placed, mis·plac·ing. to put in a wrong place. to put in a place afterward forgotten; lose; mislay. to place or bestow improperly, unsuitably, or unwisely: to misplace one's trust. Synonyms: misapply.
C2. to lose something temporarily by forgetting where you have put it: She misplaced her keys so often that her secretary used to carry spare ones for her. Synonyms. lose (NOT HAVE) mislay. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Losing and loss. action.
If you describe a feeling or action as misplaced, you are critical of it because you think it is inappropriate, or directed towards the wrong thing or person.
Definitions of misplaced. adjective. put in the wrong place or position. “She was penalized for a spelling mistake or a misplaced accent”. synonyms: disarranged. having the arrangement disturbed; not in order.
