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[ verb ] place (something) where one cannot find it again
Examples "I misplaced my eyeglasses" Used in print (Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)The Mercers took_up residence in Brooklyn , and Mercer found a regular job in Wall_Street `` misplacing stocks and bonds '' . |
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[ verb ] place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position
Examples : "misplaced modifiers" Used in print (The Detroit News,...)Our comment was that this was `` featherbedding '' in its ultimate form and that sympathy for the railroad was misplaced since it had entered into such an agreement . Related terms |
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