misplaced

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misplaced

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of misplace

adjective more misplaced · most misplaced

  1. Uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings. I felt so misplaced at that party last night.
  2. Lost; disoriented, put in the wrong place. I was looking for the supermarket but then I got misplaced.

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Closest in meaning: mislaid, lost, disarranged, flawed, distracted, mistaken, inappropriate, unjustified, destroyed, groundless, deluded, moved, stranded, inserted, bumped, displaced

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@misc{misplaced_2026,
  title = {misplaced},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/misplaced},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}