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In a telephone interview earlier this week, Blunt fixed the blame for the unemployment crisis on the "colossal failure" of the Recovery Act and what he characterizes as the misplaced priorities of the administration and Democratic-controlled Congress.

RutlandHerald.com 2010

Unhappy over what she termed a misplaced media emphasis on recent anti-reform protests in towns around the U.S., she said she is not expecting a counter-demonstration at tonight's rally, although she added that she had received some hostile e-mails because of her advocacy for reform.

Aspen Times - Top Stories John Colson Glenwood Springs correspondent Aspen, 2009

Because the idea that their confidence might be misplaced is too scary, would shatter their sense of certainty, leave them lost and confused.

Archive 2009-01-01 Hal Duncan 2009

Because the idea that their confidence might be misplaced is too scary, would shatter their sense of certainty, leave them lost and confused.

Thoughts on Narnia Hal Duncan 2009

That last bit about being misplaced is a good-natured joke I SWEAR!

Why Are We Our Own Worst Enemy? « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2009

Yeah, randy is like most of the trolls, not too bright, but he tries to make up for it in misplaced attitude and overinflated ego.

Think Progress » O’Reilly Finally Unveils Enemies List 2005

He wrote with extreme rapidity in the intervals of other labor; yet there is not a word misplaced, not a sign of haste anywhere, save that the conclusion of the Gallic war was left to be supplied by a weaker hand.

Caesar: a Sketch James Anthony Froude 1856

While unity has kept the Jewish world strong throughout the Diaspora, if it is perpetuated through blind support of misguided policies, it could severely undermine Israel's national security in the name of misplaced sense of unity.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Alon Ben-Meir 2011

Observe, Charity misplaced is a great hindrance to true charity; there should be prudence in the choice of the objects of charity, that it may not be thrown away upon those who are not properly so, that there may be the more for those who are real objects of charity.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

Grammar vs. Common Sense Laurence Urdang We all greet with great glee the discovery of what are formally called misplaced modifiers, somewhat less formally dangling participles, and colloquially danglers.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 3 1984