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Definition of Misplaced
1. Adjective. Put in the wrong place or position. "She was penalized for a spelling mistake or a misplaced accent"
2. Adjective. Lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place. "Misplaced tickets"
Definition of Misplaced
1. Verb. (past of misplace) ¹
2. Adjective. Uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings. ¹
3. Adjective. Lost; disoriented. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misplaced
1. misplace [v] - See also: misplace
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misplaced
Literary usage of Misplaced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Valuation of Public Service Corporations: Legal and Economic Phases of by Robert Harvey Whitten (1912)
"Rates in the case of the misplaced or partially obsolete plant or road cannot be
based primarily on the value of the property but on what the service is ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"The misplaced kidney is, with the rarest exceptions, retroperitoneal. Cases have
been found where the kidney is partially between the layers of the ..."
3. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1908)
"(some leaves misplaced by the binder), Buckler, A., Dec. 3, '07. (191) $5.50.
The Temple, etc. Lond., William Pickering, 1835-36. ..."
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