ill-placed

adjective

Badly, mistakenly, or unfortunately placed.

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Meanings

adjectiveill-placed (comparative more ill-placed, superlative most ill-placed)

comparative more ill-placed · superlative most ill-placed

  1. Badly, mistakenly, or unfortunately placed.

    I have watched him read, first earnestly; then the page has been closed unconsciously, and he remained lost in a gloomy reverie. I have opened the volume when he left the room, and found that the record was of ill-placed affection.

    1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Last Letter”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 289
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ill-placed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill-placed.

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