dislocated

D2I1S1L1O1C3A1T1E1D2

adjective

Out of place; in a place other than is usual.

Less commonScrabble 14

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of dislocate
adjectivedislocated (comparative more dislocated, superlative most dislocated)

comparative more dislocated · superlative most dislocated

  1. 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
  2. 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
APA

dislocated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dislocated

MLA

“dislocated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dislocated. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dislocated,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dislocated.

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