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Definition of misplaced:
Synonyms:
out of place, inappropriate, missing, unseemly, unsuitable, inconvenient, lacking, improper, untimely, absent, unattainable, inopportune, unsuited, in absentia, unbecoming, untoward, away, gone, unavailable.
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deranged (part of speech: verb)
- 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
- lost (part of speech: verb)
Usage examples:
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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.
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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."
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But perhaps a chicken would not have given such an opening for misplaced affection as a sheep.