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Verb: misplace  mis'pleys
  1. Place (something) where one cannot find it again
    "I misplaced my eyeglasses"
    - mislay, lose
     
  2. Place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position
    "misplaced modifiers"

Derived forms: misplaced, misplacing, misplaces

See also: misplacement

Type of: lay, place, pose, position, put, set

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