Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of dislocate
comparative more dislocated · superlative most dislocated
- Out of place; in a place other than is usual.
1 more example
At this point, other ships in the U.S. formation began to spot the incoming Japanese column. Duncan, one of the racing trio of destroyers, and Boise independently spotted the contacts, and both Boise and Helena now reported their sightings to Scott, a few minutes later. But with San Francisco still not seeing anything, and Scott confirming that the three dislocated destroyers were coming up fast past the column to starboard, he convinced himself that the contacts that were being spotted were actually these three escort ships, and, thus, he discarded the reports.
2020 December 9, Drachinifel, 14:50 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Cape Esperance (IJN 1 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022 - Disconnected.
Every day the stock market is pushed higher by the Fed, it becomes more dislocated from reality. The homebuilder stocks are more dislocated from fundamental reality now than they were at the peak of the bubble.
2015 April 13, “New Home Sales: Lumber And Houston Are Crashing”, in Investment Research Dynamics, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2020
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveseparated at the joint
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
dislocated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dislocated
“dislocated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dislocated. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dislocated,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dislocated.
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