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# misplaced

«misplaced» in Mova's school dictionary: **Put somewhere and then not able to find it; lost for a while** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form and adjective (misplace, misplaces, misplaced, misplacing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Put somewhere and then not able to find it; lost for a while. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misplaced/#m1)

2) (adjective) Put in the wrong place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misplaced/#m2)

3) (adjective) Given to the wrong person or thing, or not deserved (misplaced trust, misplaced confidence). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misplaced/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: "I've misplaced my keys." In maths and writing: a misplaced decimal point or comma changes the meaning or the number. Phrases: misplaced trust, a misplaced decimal point.

### examples

- I've misplaced my reading book again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misplaced/#x1)
- Mum misplaced her glasses — they were on her head! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misplaced/#x2)
- A misplaced decimal point turned 2.5 into 25. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misplaced/#x3)
- His trust in the stranger was misplaced. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misplaced/#x4)
- The misplaced comma made the sentence confusing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misplaced/#x5)
- We found the misplaced key under the mat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misplaced/#x6)

### note

Regular verb (misplaced, misplacing). "Misplaced" usually means lost for a short time, softer than "lost". For numbers: a misplaced decimal point multiplies or divides by 10, 100 and so on — always check where the point goes.

### In the corpora

- [The famous story that spinach's iron was overrated because of a misplaced decimal point is itself disputed and partly a myth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «misplaced» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misplaced/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.