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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. misplacedadjective

    put in the wrong place or position

    "She was penalized for a spelling mistake or a misplaced accent"

    Synonyms:
    mislaid

    Antonyms:
    found, arranged, ordered

  2. mislaid, misplacedadjective

    lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place

    "the mislaid hat turned up eventually"; "misplaced tickets"

    Synonyms:
    mislaid

    Antonyms:
    found, ordered, arranged

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "misplaced":

    mislaid, displaced

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How to use misplaced in a sentence?

  1. James Clapper:

    What this really is is misplaced criticism of Bill McRaven.

  2. Steven Hoffman:

    Gwyneth Paltrow's messages, it's mostly that she's recommending practices that don't work, the biggest harm is the loss or waste of money and the misplaced attention away from practices that actually work.

  3. Hans Humes:

    Wall Street seems to have some concerns about Guzman's lack of experience in politics and 'heterodox' economic views. I think these views are misplaced, as far as experience, Guzman has been involved in sovereign and quasi-sovereign situations. And his views on growth rather than austerity led recoveries are spot on.

  4. David Bernstein:

    The actual outrage is wildly misplaced.

  5. Liz Rosenberg:

    We are out of the realm of focusing squarely on the US Treasury or the Iranian central bank governor or Iran's oil minister. It does seem a bit of an afterthought, which is oddly misplaced, to discuss the power of sanctions when there is no meaningful new economic measure that will create a powerful new impact at this point.


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