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misplace
[ mis-pleys ]
verb (used with object)
- to put in a wrong place.
- to put in a place afterward forgotten; lose; mislay.
- to place or bestow improperly, unsuitably, or unwisely:
to misplace one's trust.
Synonyms:
misplace
/ ËŒ³¾Éª²õˈ±è±ô±ðɪ²õ /
verb
- to put (something) in the wrong place, esp to lose (something) temporarily by forgetting where it was placed; mislay
- often passive to bestow (trust, confidence, affection, etc) unadvisedly
Derived Forms
- ËŒ³¾¾±²õˈ±è±ô²¹³¦±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¾¾±²õ·±è±ô²¹³¦±ðm±ð²Ô³Ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Ruksana Ali said her university, which recently launched a new initiative on combating antisemitism, had “misplaced†priorities at a time when speech is stifled.
Vance first stunned European officials with his speech at last month's Security Conference in Munich condemning the continent for having misplaced values such as protecting abortion clinics and censoring speech in the media and online.
First, the president's belief in the power of his personal, one-on-one diplomacy may have been misplaced.
The talk of their golden generation is about as misplaced as the chat about them bigging themselves up.
But the regulator's plans to offer a choice of tariffs that shift these fees elsewhere on people's bills have been described as complicated and misplaced.
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