Usually means: Put in the wrong place.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word misplaced:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. misplaced: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. misplaced: Merriam-Webster
  3. misplaced: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. misplaced: Collins English Dictionary
  5. misplaced: Vocabulary.com
  6. Misplaced, misplaced: Wordnik
  7. misplaced: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. misplaced: Wiktionary
  9. Misplaced, misplaced: Dictionary.com
  10. misplaced: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Misplaced (film), Misplaced: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Misplaced: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. misplaced: Rhymezone
  14. Misplaced: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. misplaced: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. misplaced: FreeDictionary.org
  17. misplaced: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. misplaced: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misplaced: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Misplaced: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See misplace as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings.
▸ adjective:  Lost; disoriented, put in the wrong place.

Similar:
lost, mislaid, disarranged, malplaced, incommodius, malpositioned, stray, mispositioned, ill-placed, misfavored, more...

Opposite:
well-placed, well-positioned

Phrases:
misplaced modifiers, misplaced modifier, misplaced punctum, misplaced teat, Misplaced Childhood, more...

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Similar:
lost, mislaid, disarranged, malplaced, incommodius, malpositioned, stray, mispositioned, ill-placed, misfavored, more...

Opposite:
well-placed, well-positioned

Phrases:
misplaced modifiers, misplaced modifier, misplaced punctum, misplaced teat, Misplaced Childhood, misplaced comfort, misplaced pride, misplaced perception, misplaced confidence, misplaced bones, more...

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     taupe,     mauve,     olive, more...



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