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[ mis-pleys ]
/ mɪsˈpleɪs /
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verb (used with object), mis·placed, mis·plac·ing.

to put in a wrong place.
to put in a place afterward forgotten; lose; mislay.
to place or bestow improperly, unsuitably, or unwisely: to misplace one's trust.

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Words related to misplace

undoing, harm, disaster, misadventure, dispossession, mishap, deficiency, cost, want, need, casualty, death, catastrophe, shrinkage, ruin, privation, damage, depletion, perdition, injury

Words nearby misplace

misorient, misorientate, misperceive, mispick, mispickel, misplace, misplaced modifier, misplay, misplead, mispleading, misprint

Origin of misplace

First recorded in 1545–55; mis-1 + place

OTHER WORDS FROM misplace

mis·place·ment, noun

synonym study for misplace

1, 2. See displace.
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British Dictionary definitions for misplacement

misplace
/ (ˌmɪsˈpleɪs) /

verb (tr)

to put (something) in the wrong place, esp to lose (something) temporarily by forgetting where it was placed; mislay
(often passive) to bestow (trust, confidence, affection, etc) unadvisedly

Derived forms of misplace

misplacement, noun
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