If you describe a feeling or action as misplaced, you are critical of it because you think it is inappropriate, or directed towards the wrong thing or person.
[disapproval]
Lenders rely on the misplaced loyalty of existing borrowers to make their profit.
I think your concern is misplaced. Ackroyd is no threat to anyone.
More Synonyms of misplaced
misplaced in British English
(ˌmɪsˈpleɪst)
adjective
1.
(of trust, loyalty, etc) bestowed inappropriately
Lenders rely on the misplaced loyalty of existing borrowers to make their profit.
A telling sign of misplaced priorities is the concentration on health, not environmentalissues.
2.
inappropriate to the occasion or mood
I think your concern is misplaced. Ackroyd is no threat to anyone.
3.
(of a letter or an accent in writing) put in the wrong place
Half a point would be taken off for a misplaced accent.
Examples of 'misplaced' in a sentence
misplaced
She appeared totally misplaced, sitting amongst all the people in their grey suits.
Preethi Nair GYPSY MASALA (2004)
To tell the truth I felt sorry for most White people and wondered how they ever had acquired their misplaced superiority complex.
Shell, Ray ICED (2004)
In other languages
misplaced
British English: misplaced ADJECTIVE
If you describe a feeling or action as misplaced, you are critical of it because you think it is inappropriate, or directed towards the wrong thing or person.
Lenders rely on the misplaced loyalty of existing borrowers to make their profit.
American English: misplaced
Brazilian Portuguese: deslocado
Chinese: > 不适当的感情或行动
European Spanish: fuera de lugar
French: mal placé
German: unangebracht
Italian: fuori luogo
Japanese: 的外れな
Korean: 잘못 주어진
European Portuguese: deslocado
Latin American Spanish: fuera de lugar
1 (adjective)
Definition
(of an emotion or action) directed towards a person or thing that does not deserve it
a telling sign of misplaced priorities
Synonyms
misguided
He is misguided in expecting honesty from her.
unwise
It would be unwise to expect too much.
ill-advised
She said his remarks had been ill-advised.
ill-judged
Critics judged his comments ill-judged and offensive.
misconceived
ill-considered
He made some ill-considered remarks about the cost.
2 (adjective)
Definition
put in the wrong place
a misplaced wallet
Synonyms
lost
a lost book
missing
The playing cards were missing.
mislaid
nowhere to be found
Additional synonyms
in the sense of ill-advised
Definition
(of a person) acting without reasonable care or thought
She said his remarks had been ill-advised.
Synonyms
misguided,
inappropriate,
foolish,
rash,
reckless,
unwise,
short-sighted,
unseemly,
foolhardy,
thoughtless,
indiscreet,
ill-judged,
ill-considered,
imprudent,
wrong-headed,
injudicious,
incautious,
impolitic,
overhasty
in the sense of ill-considered
He made some ill-considered remarks about the cost.
Synonyms
unwise,
rash,
imprudent,
careless,
precipitate,
hasty,
heedless,
injudicious,
improvident,
overhasty
in the sense of ill-judged
Critics judged his comments ill-judged and offensive.
Synonyms
misguided,
foolish,
rash,
unwise,
short-sighted,
ill-advised,
ill-considered,
wrong-headed,
injudicious,
overhasty
Synonyms of 'misplaced'
misplaced
Explore 'misplaced' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of missing
Definition
not in its proper or usual place and unable to be found