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Princeton's WordNet

  1. misplacedadjective

    put in the wrong place or position

    "She was penalized for a spelling mistake or a misplaced accent"

  2. mislaid, misplacedadjective

    lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place

    "the mislaid hat turned up eventually"; "misplaced tickets"

Wiktionary

  1. misplacedadjective

    Uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings.

    I felt so misplaced at that party last night.

  2. misplacedadjective

    Lost; disoriented.

    I was looking for the supermarket but then I got misplaced.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Misplaced

    of Misplace

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of misplaced in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of misplaced in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of misplaced in a Sentence

  1. Hans Humes:

    Wall Street seems to have some concerns about Guzman's lack of experience in politics and 'heterodox' economic views. I think these views are misplaced, as far as experience, Guzman has been involved in sovereign and quasi-sovereign situations. And his views on growth rather than austerity led recoveries are spot on.

  2. Richard Guerry:

    Viewed as a whole, a forest radiates beauty, serenity and safety. Viewed from within, misplaced focus reaps the fabricated chaos of trees.

  3. Pastor Fred Jackson:

    We as Christians like to believe were trusting and we put our trust in other people and in God, and sometimes that trust is misplaced.

  4. Alexander Pope:

    The general cry is against ingratitude, but the complaint is misplaced, it should be against vanity; none but direct villains are capable of willful ingratitude; but almost everybody is capable of thinking he hath done more that another deserves, while the other thinks he hath received less than he deserves.

  5. Rolling Stone:

    In the face of new information, there now appear to be discrepancies in Jackie's account, and we have come to the conclusion that our trust in her was misplaced.

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