misplace
pronunciation
How to pronounce misplace in British English:
UK [ˌmɪsˈpleɪs]
How to pronounce misplace in American English:
US [ˌmɪs'pleɪs]
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- Verb:
- place (something) where one cannot find it again
- place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position
Word Origin
- misplace (v.)
- 1550s, "to assign a wrong position to;" see mis- (1) + place (v.). Of affections, confidence, etc., "to give to a wrong object," it is recorded from 1630s. Related: Misplaced; misplacing.
Example
- 1. I often misplace something that she should have put away .
- 2. I don 't misplace things . Especially my money !
- 3. We usually misplace our energy to avoid having to take accountability for something .
- 4. We didn 't mislabel or misplace the body . Someone took it .
- 5. They misplace this book under other categories .