misplaced

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adjective

Uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings.

“I felt so misplaced at that party last night.”

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of misplace
adjectivemisplaced (comparative more misplaced, superlative most misplaced)

comparative more misplaced · superlative most misplaced

  1. Uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings.

    I felt so misplaced at that party last night.

  2. Lost; disoriented, put in the wrong place.

    I was looking for the supermarket but then I got misplaced.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveput in the wrong place or position

adjectivelost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Māori kōkei
  • kōkeicannot be found
Norwegian Bokmål feilplassert
  • feilplassertcannot be found
Cite this entry
APA

misplaced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misplaced

MLA

“misplaced.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misplaced. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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