misplacings

Setting somewhere forgotten

Misplacings are instances of putting something in the wrong location or failing to remember where something was left.

The word emphasizes repeated or multiple acts of misplacement: Her constant misplacings of the car keys frustrated everyone.

Less common than the simpler "misplacing."

physical

losing

Failing to win

dropping · scattering · shuffling · burying · hiding · mishandling · jumbling · disorganizing · shifting · moving

abstract

misjudging

Assessing incorrectly

misattributing · misapplying · misprioritizing · misinvesting · squandering · wasting · mischanneling · misguiding

Opposites
intentionality of placement

misplacingshidings

Acts of secreting away

concealings

organizational outcome

misplacingsorganizing

Systematically putting in order

arrangements · orderings · sortings · filings

locational accuracy

misplacingsfindings

Conclusions from investigation

retrievals · repositionings · putting back · restorations

Family

misplacing

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G