misplace
verb (used with object)
to put in a wrong place.
misplacement
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a word derived from
misplace.
Example Sentences
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The library in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, said it had procedures to reduce the risk of "misplacement" and theft.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2023
Readers of all races, creeds, sexual orientations and genders will recognize Owen’s feelings of misplacement — but queer readers perhaps will find something more.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
Rather than suffering from a catastrophic misplacement of ambition, that baseline effort has vanished completely.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2018
The misplacement of articles, it’s just funny, I don’t know why” — and, of course, the source: Ivana.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2015
But then the strangeness between us began, the feelings of oddness and misplacement, and our move never happened.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
