mislocate

American  

[mis-loh-keyt, mis-loh-keyt] / 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

Etymology

Origin of mislocate

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

Example Sentences

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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

“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

Teammates encourage him, even when exasperated by Seraphin’s mislocated defense.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 14, 2015

This is the murderous region, below and behind the ear, which Gall and Spurzheim mislocated above it, whereas it belongs to the inferior face of the brain, where the organs grow downward.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

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

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2011