as in missing
no longer possessed
we eventually found the misplaced tickets in his coat pocket
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as in lost
to be unable to find or have at hand
I seem to have misplaced my keys
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Recent Examples of misplaced
Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
These beliefs may lead to excessive trading or misplaced conviction and push reality out of view.
—Chris Stevens, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
For Diego, a misplaced stroke could be costly.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Poor discipline in other areas, such as misplaced passes and heavy touches, is impacting their disciplinary record.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
With instant alerts and a loud location beep, finding misplaced items is simple.
—PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
Although Ed may have been intrigued by Jorgensen’s life, this, along with Richard Speck’s role in the series, seems more of a fetishization and misplaced preoccupation in a narrative having nothing to do with transgender people.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Except, of course, for that old dinosaur that somehow stumbled into a misplaced DeLorean, fired up the flux capacitor, and time travelled from the stone ages straight to the Uli beach.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
But during the first three games, the hype seemed misplaced.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
And every year, that confidence has been misplaced.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Bryan Pease, who represented the plaintiffs with his partner Parisa Ijadi-Maghsoodi, said the city’s priorities have been misplaced.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
An application for a Small Business Administration loan dragged through more than a dozen loan officers who misplaced her paperwork and ultimately denied her.
—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
Likewise, the belief that North Korea’s increasing closeness with Russia will rupture Beijing’s relationship with Pyongyang is misplaced.
—Shuxian Luo, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Many women who have endured violence within Christian homes wish the church understood that silence, misinterpretation of Scripture, and misplaced calls for forgiveness can deepen trauma.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
These beliefs may lead to excessive trading or misplaced conviction and push reality out of view.
—Chris Stevens, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
For Diego, a misplaced stroke could be costly.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Poor discipline in other areas, such as misplaced passes and heavy touches, is impacting their disciplinary record.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
With instant alerts and a loud location beep, finding misplaced items is simple.
—PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
Although Ed may have been intrigued by Jorgensen’s life, this, along with Richard Speck’s role in the series, seems more of a fetishization and misplaced preoccupation in a narrative having nothing to do with transgender people.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Except, of course, for that old dinosaur that somehow stumbled into a misplaced DeLorean, fired up the flux capacitor, and time travelled from the stone ages straight to the Uli beach.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
But during the first three games, the hype seemed misplaced.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
After slugging 20 homers for the San Francisco Giants last year following several productive seasons for the New York Mets earlier in his career, Conforto struggled to adjust to the Dodgers and their bet on him seems to have been misplaced in retrospect.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
And every year, that confidence has been misplaced.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Bryan Pease, who represented the plaintiffs with his partner Parisa Ijadi-Maghsoodi, said the city’s priorities have been misplaced.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
An application for a Small Business Administration loan dragged through more than a dozen loan officers who misplaced her paperwork and ultimately denied her.
—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
Likewise, the belief that North Korea’s increasing closeness with Russia will rupture Beijing’s relationship with Pyongyang is misplaced.
—Shuxian Luo, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misplaced
Adjective
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FarmVille wasn’t bad, but something was missing.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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She was hanged; her body thrown in the river and is often spotted wearing a green turban to hide her missing ear.—
Noreen Kompanik,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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How to Watch Boise State vs Nevada Boise State enters as a massive favorite, having only lost two games this year, while winning five.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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And the Eagles lost to the Giants two weeks ago.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Al-Khatib’s home an d almost everything his family owned is long gone.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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By reprogramming ordinary cells—like skin fibroblasts—into stem cells, scientists hope to create eggs and sperm from individuals long gone.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Misplaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misplaced. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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