Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of misplace
comparative more misplaced · superlative most misplaced
- Uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings.
I felt so misplaced at that party last night.
- 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
misplaced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misplaced
“misplaced.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misplaced. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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