as in to lose
to be unable to find or have at hand
I seem to have misplaced my keys
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Recent Examples of misplace
The officials said the conversation about jobs with Waller showed concern and criticism was misplaced that the president was seeking a candidate based on the criteria that the next Fed chair would bow to the whims of Trump on rates.
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Steve Liesman, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025
In other words, fervor about population control and the fear of ecological limits, however misplaced, can spur worthwhile action.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
None of them should have been misplaced.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
Cena explained that his personal drive was misplaced, showing a lack of empathy for his friend.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
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Indiana has lost more than 700 games in its history and now is one game away from a national title.—
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To our minds, Wednesday's horror, those kids who lost a mother, should supplant the inevitable circling of the ideological wagons and the parsing of the different angles of pictures taken at the scene.—
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Those who lead to collapse will be forgotten.—
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The reason for the different numbers of missing and rescued given by police and Archival was not immediately clear.—
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“Misplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misplace. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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