Misplace
verb
To put something in the wrong place and cannot find it.
I misplaced my car keys and now I can't find them.
Often appears as...
- misplace the keys
- misplace the wallet
verb
To not understand the true nature or importance of something.
I think you may have misplaced your trust in him.
Often appears as...
- misplace the trust
- misplace confidence
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To put something in the wrong place and cannot find it.
I misplaced my car keys and now I can't find them.
Often appears as...
- misplace the keys
- misplace the wallet
verb
To not understand the true nature or importance of something.
I think you may have misplaced your trust in him.
Often appears as...
- misplace the trust
- misplace confidence
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Accidental Losing
Use 'misplace' when you've lost something unintentionally and you hope to find it.
I must have misplaced my glasses somewhere in the house.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Situation
'Misplace' often implies that the lost item might be recovered once its location is remembered.
He had just misplaced his ticket and found it later in his book.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Stolen
Use 'misplace' when an item is lost due to your own mistake, not taken by someone else.
She misplaced her toy, it's not that someone stole it.
Pro Tip 1/3Accidental Losing
Use 'misplace' when you've lost something unintentionally and you hope to find it.
I must have misplaced my glasses somewhere in the house.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Situation
'Misplace' often implies that the lost item might be recovered once its location is remembered.
He had just misplaced his ticket and found it later in his book.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Stolen
Use 'misplace' when an item is lost due to your own mistake, not taken by someone else.
She misplaced her toy, it's not that someone stole it.
Pro Tip 1/3Accidental Losing
Use 'misplace' when you've lost something unintentionally and you hope to find it.
I must have misplaced my glasses somewhere in the house.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Situation
'Misplace' often implies that the lost item might be recovered once its location is remembered.
He had just misplaced his ticket and found it later in his book.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Stolen
Use 'misplace' when an item is lost due to your own mistake, not taken by someone else.
She misplaced her toy, it's not that someone stole it.
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How do you know whom to...
on account of that misplaced trust. So while appealing to authority can sometimes provide us with valuable knowledge, it also can sometimes be the cause of monumental errors. It's important to all of us to be able to distinguish those occasions on which we can safely and reasonably trust authority
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Safari Live - Day 308 PIPE...
I'm so sorry unfortunately with the glare and the distance and I seem to have misplaced my binoculars today I cannot see everything to the detail but that extra fur underneath the chin now that it laid sideways and definitely
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The Secret to Mastering...
is that story isn't just part of us. It is us in a fundamental way. Life is the story you tell yourself. But there's something that research hasn't much answered. What happens when we misplace the plot of that story,
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An Olympic Champion's...
One with real generosity, humanity and truth at the center, not some misplaced sense of what business is or does. We should say what we will tolerate. And as we all recover from the pandemic that has flattened us,
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Leap of Faith PIPE National...
constantly jumping crevices and zigzagging back and forth one misplaced eft and you're sliding right down on these crevasses kind of the first deep for rasp we've run into looks like it goes on a long ways here
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Coral Bleaching in the...
feeling hopeful the reefs here are thriving but then I learned my optimism may be misplaced Oh has footage from other reefs around the world and he says what's happening there will eventually happen here too
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Claire Malone: The...
Luckily for you, I have chosen the second option. And what do I want to tell you about? I'm here to tell you that we have completely misplaced 96 percent of the entire universe, everything in existence.
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How misused modifiers...
This just "Thief robs town with world's largest chocolate bunny." Wait, so are we talking about this, or this? That's a classic case of a misplaced modifier,
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Edi Rama: Take back your...
And indeed, it was beauty that was giving people this feeling of being protected. And this was not a misplaced feeling. Crime did fall.
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Learning to Speak Turkey...
turkeys in general have this misplaced reputation for stupidity this experimental knowledge was proven
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How do you know whom to...
on account of that misplaced trust. So while appealing to authority can sometimes provide us with valuable knowledge, it also can sometimes be the cause of monumental errors. It's important to all of us to be able to distinguish those occasions on which we can safely and reasonably trust authority
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 308 PIPE...
I'm so sorry unfortunately with the glare and the distance and I seem to have misplaced my binoculars today I cannot see everything to the detail but that extra fur underneath the chin now that it laid sideways and definitely
Video examples
The Secret to Mastering...
is that story isn't just part of us. It is us in a fundamental way. Life is the story you tell yourself. But there's something that research hasn't much answered. What happens when we misplace the plot of that story,
Video examples
An Olympic Champion's...
One with real generosity, humanity and truth at the center, not some misplaced sense of what business is or does. We should say what we will tolerate. And as we all recover from the pandemic that has flattened us,
Video examples
Leap of Faith PIPE National...
constantly jumping crevices and zigzagging back and forth one misplaced eft and you're sliding right down on these crevasses kind of the first deep for rasp we've run into looks like it goes on a long ways here
Video examples
Coral Bleaching in the...
feeling hopeful the reefs here are thriving but then I learned my optimism may be misplaced Oh has footage from other reefs around the world and he says what's happening there will eventually happen here too
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Claire Malone: The...
Luckily for you, I have chosen the second option. And what do I want to tell you about? I'm here to tell you that we have completely misplaced 96 percent of the entire universe, everything in existence.
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How misused modifiers...
This just "Thief robs town with world's largest chocolate bunny." Wait, so are we talking about this, or this? That's a classic case of a misplaced modifier,
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Edi Rama: Take back your...
And indeed, it was beauty that was giving people this feeling of being protected. And this was not a misplaced feeling. Crime did fall.
Video examples
Learning to Speak Turkey...
turkeys in general have this misplaced reputation for stupidity this experimental knowledge was proven
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Gita Gopinath
Indian Economist
The idea that RBI will be able to make a big transfer to the government was misplaced. It was a very good signalling device that the government was very serious about cracking down on corruption and black money. But I do not think it was very effective in curbing it.
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Ayda Field
American Actress
There are such wonderful blessings in my life - I have this amazing baby, an amazing family, and I loved X Factor - all these moments of joy, and then these sharp drop-offs. I'd be awake, lying in bed, crying. There's these weird moments of misplaced anger I have.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
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Tom Sizemore
American Actor
You must have to want it so badly, if there is any way you can live without it, get out of it. Being an unsuccessful actor is like having a skin disease. Make sure your passion is not misplaced.
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Jessica Szohr
American Actress
One product that you can never go wrong with is sunglasses because they are easy to misplace. I always get a couple of pairs every year.
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Christoph Waltz
Austrian Actor
It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.
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Rand Paul
American Politician
I think a policy of isolationism toward Cuba is misplaced and hasn't worked.
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Terry Goodkind
American Writer
I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.
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Ruby Wax
American Comedian
I'm a misplaced American, but don't know where I was misplaced.
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John Otway
English Musician
Enthusiasm and misplaced belief can take you a long way.
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Gita Gopinath
Indian Economist
The idea that RBI will be able to make a big transfer to the government was misplaced. It was a very good signalling device that the government was very serious about cracking down on corruption and black money. But I do not think it was very effective in curbing it.
Quote examples
Ayda Field
American Actress
There are such wonderful blessings in my life - I have this amazing baby, an amazing family, and I loved X Factor - all these moments of joy, and then these sharp drop-offs. I'd be awake, lying in bed, crying. There's these weird moments of misplaced anger I have.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
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Tom Sizemore
American Actor
You must have to want it so badly, if there is any way you can live without it, get out of it. Being an unsuccessful actor is like having a skin disease. Make sure your passion is not misplaced.
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Jessica Szohr
American Actress
One product that you can never go wrong with is sunglasses because they are easy to misplace. I always get a couple of pairs every year.
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Christoph Waltz
Austrian Actor
It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.
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Rand Paul
American Politician
I think a policy of isolationism toward Cuba is misplaced and hasn't worked.
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Terry Goodkind
American Writer
I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.
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Ruby Wax
American Comedian
I'm a misplaced American, but don't know where I was misplaced.
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John Otway
English Musician
Enthusiasm and misplaced belief can take you a long way.
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