What does Misplaced mean?
Definitions for Misplaced
Mis·placed
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Misplaced.
Princeton's WordNet
misplaced(adj)
put in the wrong place or position
"She was penalized for a spelling mistake or a misplaced accent"
mislaid, misplaced(adj)
lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place
"the mislaid hat turned up eventually"; "misplaced tickets"
Wiktionary
misplaced(Adjective)
Uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings.
I felt so misplaced at that party last night.
misplaced(Adjective)
Lost; disoriented.
I was looking for the supermarket but then I got misplaced.
Webster Dictionary
Misplaced
of Misplace
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Misplaced in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Misplaced in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Misplaced in a Sentence
We must pity the poor wretched, timid soul who is too faint-hearted to resist his oppressors. He sings the song of the dammed: “I can’t fight back; I have too much to lose; I own too much property; I have worked too hard to get what I have; They will put me out of business if I resist; I might go to jail; I have my family to think about.” Such poor miserable creatures have misplaced values and are hiding their cowardice behind pretended family responsibility -- blindly refusing to see that the most glorious legacy that one can bequeath to posterity is liberty; and that the only true security is liberty.
We are out of the realm of focusing squarely on the US Treasury or the Iranian central bank governor or Iran's oil minister. It does seem a bit of an afterthought, which is oddly misplaced, to discuss the power of sanctions when there is no meaningful new economic measure that will create a powerful new impact at this point.
Misplaced though it may be, it is a perception affecting the community and UMSL.
This sends a message to school districts that their natural allergic reaction to religion is misplaced, and not only is it wrong — but it’s also an egregious violation of the law.
Your hormones start to get misplaced and this causes chaos switching you from Los Angeles to Timbuktu to Fiji time zones week by week.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for Misplaced
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
Get even more translations for Misplaced »
Translation
Find a translation for the Misplaced definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"Misplaced." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2021. Web. 26 Jan. 2021. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/Misplaced>.