misplaced
Put somewhere wrong
Misplaced describes something put in the wrong location or position, often temporarily lost as a result: I've misplaced my glasses again.
The word extends to abstract things that are inappropriately directed or applied: misplaced trust, misplaced priorities, misplaced anger.
A misplaced modifier in grammar attaches to the wrong word in a sentence.
The past participle of misplace, it functions primarily as an adjective.
Not present, whereabouts unknown
Not fitting or appropriate
- unwarrantedWithout adequate justification
- unfoundedWithout factual support
- unjustifiedLacking adequate reason
- improperLacking in propriety
misdirected · ill-timed · misguided · undeserved · unfitting · unbecoming · wrongheaded · erroneous
Without adequate justification
- unfoundedWithout factual support
- inappropriateNot suitable or fitting
- misguidedBased on poor judgment
- undeservedNot rightfully owed
Made untidy or messy
- jumbledDisordered, lacking arrangement
- shuffledMixed into disorder
- scrambledMixed into disorder
- disorganizedLacking systematic arrangement
out-of-order · muddled · mixed-up · disarrayed · cluttered · unsorted · reshuffled · rearranged
Shifted from normal position
missing
Not present, whereabouts unknown
unsuitable
Not fitting or appropriate
- unwarrantedWithout adequate justification
- unfoundedWithout factual support
- unjustifiedLacking adequate reason
improper · misdirected · ill-timed · misguided · undeserved · unfitting · unbecoming · wrongheaded · erroneous · misapplied
unwarranted
Without adequate justification
- unfoundedWithout factual support
- inappropriateNot suitable or fitting
- misguidedBased on poor judgment
disarranged
Made untidy or messy
disorganized · out-of-order · muddled · mixed-up · disarrayed · cluttered · unsorted · reshuffled · rearranged · scattered
dislocated
Shifted from normal position
moved · rearranged · jumbled
dislocated
Shifted from normal position
- out of placemisfit, odd, unsuitable, unfitting, incongruous
- lostlost, missing, mislaid, gone, vanished
- positionedplaced, positioned, situated, located, set
- positioning errorsmisalignment, offset, misregistration, off-center, skew
- brokenbroken, busted, broken down, out of order, not working
- disorderchaos, chaotic, disarray, mess, disordered
misplacedfound
Discovered or established
located · recovered · in place · accounted for · at hand
misplacedordered
Arranged or commanded
arranged · organized · well-placed · in order · sorted
misplacedappropriate
Suited to circumstance
well-placed · fitting · justified · warranted · apt
- misplaced commaIncorrectly positioned pause mark
- misplaced modifierDescriptor attached to wrong word
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