misplace

Verb

Meaning

To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mislay miss lost remove drop lose waste disorder mix forget confuse scatter fumble displace disturb
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Antonyms

hap order place provide find get
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Hypernyms

place set position put lay lose

Derivatives

misplaced misplacing

Examples

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. Jessica Szohr

You have to admit that it's difficult to misplace the Perl sources. Larry Wall

The world expected girls to pluck and primp and put on heels. Meanwhile, boys dressed in rumpled T-shirts and baggy pants and misplace their combs, and yet you were suppose to fall at their feet? Unacceptable. Libba Bray

I misplaced my eyeglasses Source: Internet

misplaced modifiers Source: Internet

Comes mostly assembled with minimal additional assembly required and zero removable parts to misplace. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mispile mispin mispitch misplaced misplaced modifier misplacedness