mislocate

American  

[mis-loh-kayt, mis-loh-kayt] / mɪsˈloʊ keɪt, ˌmɪs loʊˈkeɪt /

verb (used with object)

mislocated, mislocating

1. to misplace.

2. to specify a wrong location for.

   to mislocate the source of the Nile.

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Other Word Forms

• mislocation
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of mislocate

First recorded in 1810–20; mis- ¹ + locate

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

mislocate mislocated mislocating

“Seemingly any pitch that we mislocate, they have not missed in the two games so far,” Farrell said.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2016

"When I get hit hard, I mislocate pitches or the ball's up in the zone and that's what happened," Marcum said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2011

“Anytime he mislocated, particularly in the middle of the plate, they made him pay for it ... And then his slider was hit and miss today,” manager John Farrell said.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2017

“In the case of mislocated hospitals, the issue goes well beyond tax dollars and boils down to safety,” said Pete Sepp, president of the National Taxpayers Union.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 14, 2016

“There’s no questioning the stuff. It’s just the ability to stay with a consistent game plan because of the mislocated pitches,” Farrell said.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 24, 2015

“He missed off the plate, then when he mislocated in the zone it was a good pitch for them.”

From Washington Times ● Jun. 24, 2015

The old system did not explain friendship correctly, and entirely mislocated the organ of avarice by placing it in the temples.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan

"I didn't have my slider today so I was mislocating my pitches," Kuroda said through an interpreter.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2011

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