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misˈplaced, ppl. a.
[mis-1 2.]
Put in a wrong place; devoted to a wrong object; hence, out-of-place, unseasonable, ill-timed.
1595Shakes. John iii. iv. 133 The mis-plac'd Iohn. 1685Bunyan Pharisee & Publican 51 This misplacing of Gods Laws, cannot..but produce mis-shaped, and misplaced Obedience. 1759Goldsm. Bee No. 3 ⁋3 Misplaced liberality. 1793A. Young Example of France 58 Two words on this purity will not be entirely misplaced. 1797Burke Regic. Peace iii. ad init., The loose, misplaced stones..of this rough, ill kept..French causeway. 1814Lamb Let. to Coleridge 13 Aug., One's romantic credulity is for ever misleading one into misplaced acts of foolery. 1891Hardy Tess xxxiii, The incident of the misplaced letter. |