misplacedness

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noun

The quality of being misplaced.

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Meanings

nounmisplacedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being misplaced.

    When we were kids I had often felt, however vaguely, his sadness, but this hopelessness, if it was in fact that, this lostness, misplacedness, was new and not easy to take.

    2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 181

Origin

From misplaced + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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