Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To put into a wrong place.
- transitive verb To mislay.
- transitive verb To bestow (confidence, for example) on an improper, unsuitable, or unworthy person or idea.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To place wrongly; put in the wrong place; locate improperly or unsuitably: as, to
misplace a book: misplaced confidence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object.
- transitive verb To place in a location that one does not recall; to mislay; to lose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
put somethingsomewhere and thenforget itslocation ; tomislay - verb figuratively To
apply one'stalents inappropriately . - verb To put something in the wrong location.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb place (something) where one cannot find it again
- verb place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position
Etymologies
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Examples
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"They are very insolent and abusive: When my foot slips, when I fall into any trouble, or when I make any mistake, misplace a word, or take a false step, they magnify themselves against me; they are pleased with it, and promise themselves that it will ruin my interest, and that if I slip I shall certainly fall and be undone."
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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If I do but take one false step, misplace a word, or cast a look awry, I shall be sure to hear of it.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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It was quite convenient to "misplace" mortgage payments, so even homeowners who were never delinquent could get hit with fees and higher rates.
William K. Black: Foreclose on the Foreclosure Fraudsters, Part 2: Spurious Arguments Against Holding the Fraudsters Accountable William K. Black 2010
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It was quite convenient to "misplace" mortgage payments, so even homeowners who were never delinquent could get hit with fees and higher rates.
William K. Black: Foreclose on the Foreclosure Fraudsters, Part 2: Spurious Arguments Against Holding the Fraudsters Accountable William K. Black 2010
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It was quite convenient to "misplace" mortgage payments, so even homeowners who were never delinquent could get hit with fees and higher rates.
William K. Black: Foreclose on the Foreclosure Fraudsters, Part 2: Spurious Arguments Against Holding the Fraudsters Accountable William K. Black 2010
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It was quite convenient to "misplace" mortgage payments, so even homeowners who were never delinquent could get hit with fees and higher rates.
William K. Black: Foreclose on the Foreclosure Fraudsters, Part 2: Spurious Arguments Against Holding the Fraudsters Accountable William K. Black 2010
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If all else fails, one can only hope her executors will "misplace" or "drop" her ashes, only to discover them as they're lifted to the wind, landing in front of the establishment that was, and will always remain, hers.
Elaine's Ashes Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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It was quite convenient to "misplace" mortgage payments, so even homeowners who were never delinquent could get hit with fees and higher rates.
William K. Black: Foreclose on the Foreclosure Fraudsters, Part 2: Spurious Arguments Against Holding the Fraudsters Accountable William K. Black 2010
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Several of my coworkers would "misplace" cake by not looking for it, and no one was ever trained to write on a cake or spell congratulations other than the bakers.
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* Aren't HCPB easier to "misplace" or "damage" than the paper trail printed by touch-screen voting machines?
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