as in to lose
to be unable to find or have at hand
I seem to have misplaced my keys
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Recent Examples of misplace
An application for a Small Business Administration loan dragged through more than a dozen loan officers who misplaced her paperwork and ultimately denied her.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
This is why the fixation on AGI is misplaced.
—Eric Markowitz, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Unfair Expectations of Parents Make the Situation Worse That being said, parents’ anxiety that they will be judged for a crying baby is not misplaced.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 2 Sep. 2025
Her friend agreed, but the dress was somehow misplaced in the years that followed.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
This is why the fixation on AGI is misplaced.
—Eric Markowitz, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Unfair Expectations of Parents Make the Situation Worse That being said, parents’ anxiety that they will be judged for a crying baby is not misplaced.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 2 Sep. 2025
Her friend agreed, but the dress was somehow misplaced in the years that followed.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misplace
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All the original Hinas on Kele had to assume Jason was toast if new Hina lost, so why not even the score by losing and taking out an original Uli in Shannon instead?—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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No team in the Championship has lost more than the nine points Wrexham have dropped from a winning position this term, a damaging trait that began on the opening day at Southampton when two stoppage-time goals turned a 1-0 win into a dramatic loss.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The earth-shattering events of the first trilogy have been all but forgotten, and the Magisterium looms as large as ever.—
Lev Grossman,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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As head coach Enzo Maresca made clear after the game, Palmer’s stardust will always be missed but Estevao is helping fill the void.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Misplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misplace. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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