misplaced

mis-placed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    (verb) Past tense and past participle of misplace; put something in the wrong place and temporarily lost it.

  2. 2.

    (adjective) Put in the wrong position or direction.

  3. 3.

    (adjective) Directed at an inappropriate person or thing.

Related words

Antonyms: found, located
See also: lost, mislaid, misplace
Synonyms: lost, mislaid

Etymology

From English prefix mis- "wrongly" + placed, past participle of place.