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- pronunciation:
- mihs
pleIs
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
misplaces, misplacing, misplaced |
| definition 1: |
to put (something) where it doesn't belong; lose.
My mother constantly misplaces her glasses.- synonyms:
- lose, mislay
- antonyms:
- find
- similar words:
- displace, misfile
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| definition 2: |
to apply or give inappropriately.
He misplaced his affections on a woman who hated him.- synonyms:
- misapply
- similar words:
- miscast, misdirect, squander, waste
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| derivation: |
misplacement (n.) |
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