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mis·place

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) KEY

TRANSITIVE VERB:
mis·placed, mis·plac·ing, mis·plac·es

1. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence.
2. To mislay: I misplaced my wallet.
To bestow (confidence, for example) on an improper, unsuitable, or unworthy person or idea.

OTHER FORMS:
mis·placement(Noun)

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