misplacing
present participle ofmisplace
misplace
verb[T]
uk/ˌmɪsˈpleɪs/us/ˌmɪsˈpleɪs/C2
tolosesomethingtemporarilybyforgettingwhere you have put it:
She misplaced herkeysso often that hersecretaryused tocarryspareonesfor her.
Synonyms
lose(NOT HAVE)
mislay
Losing and loss
- astray
- black hole
- disappear
- escape
- forfeit
- get to
- kiss
- lose
- loseyourwayidiom
- loss
- lost
- mislay
- misplace
- misroute
- slip away
- slip throughsomeone'sfingersidiom
- unaccounted for
- walkabout
- wave
- wave/say goodbye tosomethingidiom
Examplesofmisplacing
misplacing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Trusting in the legal system's remedies as shown on screen is comforting but involves amisplacingof trust.
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These score the presence and severity of memory difficulties, recent forgetfulness of names,misplacingobjects and effort to remember things.
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Because topics are specific, children are prone tomisplacingsubjects.
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Delays in collecting scripts ormisplacingthem may compound compliance issues.
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Journalists deserved credit for simply predicting or encouraging a policy reversal rather thanmisplacingblame that it never occurred.
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Both those with dementia and their carers talked about remembering, forgetting, losing andmisplacing.
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One could almost say that a man might be sentenced to an extra five years' imprisonment through themisplacingof a comma.
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There is a gravemisplacingof priorities here in the minds of so many public people.
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Will he identify one instance of the misappropriation or themisplacingof funds by a magistrates courts committee or its justices' clerk?
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So long as that is the case surely there will be suchmisplacingof people who quite clearly should not be in prison.
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Themisplacingof a decimal point makes all the difference.
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Themisplacingof apostrophes is notorious, even in advertisements put out by major public companies.
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They may also he affected by themisplacingof resources as a result of investment decisions being distorted by short-term considerations affecting the industry.
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It is possible for the miscasting of votes or themisplacingof ballot papers to cause serious electoral problems.
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The most common mistake ismisplacingor improperly sizing holes in the web, which can compromise the joist's strength, potentially leading to structural failure.
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