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Princeton's WordNet
misplacedadjective
put in the wrong place or position
"She was penalized for a spelling mistake or a misplaced accent"
mislaid, misplacedadjective
lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place
"the mislaid hat turned up eventually"; "misplaced tickets"
Wiktionary
misplacedadjective
Uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings.
I felt so misplaced at that party last night.
misplacedadjective
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
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.
Viewed as a whole, a forest radiates beauty, serenity and safety. Viewed from within, misplaced focus reaps the fabricated chaos of trees.
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.
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.
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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