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Definition of misplaced : of Misplace

Synonyms:

out of place, inappropriate, missing, unseemly, unsuitable, inconvenient, lacking, improper, untimely, absent, unattainable, inopportune, unsuited, in absentia, unbecoming, untoward, away, gone, unavailable

disorganized, whisked, confounded, mussed, confused, ruffled, jumbled, messed, scattered, mislaid, tumbled, convulsed, rumpled, upset, whipped, discomposed, tousled, capsized, rummaged, botched, displaced, disturbed, troubled, tampered, roiled, hashed, mixed up muddled, perturbed, rippled, cluttered, agitated, swirled, disarranged, fermented, deranged, blurred, roughened, disheveled, scrambled, tossed, dislocated, meddled, disordered, churned

depleted, decreased, divested, dissipated, eroded, dropped, shrank, exhausted, decremented, dispossessed, forfeited, shrunk, debited, dissolved, lost

Usage examples:

• He thought of the loosened planks, which had been fixed, and again he wondered who had misplaced them- if it had been done by design. - "Jack of the Pony Express", Frank V. Webster.
• Your having, although I know it is perfectly accidental, come to Malory, places me under a kind of obligation, I wish you would allow me to think so, of hospitality; there is no room for generosity here; it would be a misplaced phrase; but I wish, very much, that you would put my goodwill to the proof, and rely upon my fidelity; only give me a trial." - "The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3", Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
• But perhaps a chicken would not have given such an opening for misplaced affection as a sheep. - "Little Rivers A Book Of Essays In Profitable Idleness", Henry van Dyke.