Misplace

//mɪsˈpleɪs// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay. transitive

    "I might have misplaced my umbrella; do you know where it is?"

  2. 2
    place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position wordnet
  3. 3
    To apply one's talents inappropriately. figuratively

    "Bart Groothuijze, who runs the Castodian foundation promoting safer motorbiking, blames a misplaced sense of freedom and vanity."

  4. 4
    place (something) where one cannot find it again wordnet
  5. 5
    To put something in the wrong location.

    "Every word in English of more than one Syllable has a fixed accent established by the custom of the language, to misplace which is as offensive to the propriety of speech, as to missound the vowel."

Etymology

From mis- + place.

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