Misplace

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence.
  • v. To mislay: I misplaced my wallet.
  • v. To bestow (confidence, for example) on an improper, unsuitable, or unworthy person or idea.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay
  • v. To apply one's talents inappropriately.
  • v. To put something in the wrong location.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object.
  • v. To place in a location that one does not recall; to mislay; to lose.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To place wrongly; put in the wrong place; locate improperly or unsuitably: as, to misplace a book: misplaced confidence.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. place (something) where one cannot find it again
  • v. place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position
  • Verb Form
    misplaced    misplaces    misplacing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    position    pose    put    set    lay   
    Cross Reference
    displace   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mislay    lose    misset   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ace    Chase    Grace    Mace    Race