misplaced

mis·place  (ms-pls)

tr.v. mis·placed, mis·plac·ing, mis·plac·es

1.

a. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence.

b. To mislay: I misplaced my wallet.

2. To bestow (confidence, for example) on an improper, unsuitable, or unworthy person or idea.

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mis·placement n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	misplaced - put in the wrong place or position; "She was penalized for a spelling mistake or a misplaced accent" disarranged - having the arrangement disturbed; not in order; "her disarranged hair"
	2.	misplaced - lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place; "the mislaid hat turned up eventually"; "misplaced tickets" mislaid lost - no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities"

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misplaced

adjective

1. misguided, unwise, ill-advised, ill-judged, misconceived, ill-considered a telling sign of misplaced priorities

2. lost, missing, mislaid, nowhere to be found a misplaced wallet

Translations

misplaced [ˌmɪsˈpleɪst] ADJ

1. (= inappropriate) [confidence, trust] → inmerecido; [enthusiasm] → que no viene a cuento; [good humour] → fuera de lugar, inoportuno
I realize now that my confidence/trust in you was misplaced → ahora me doy cuenta de que me equivoqué al confiar en ti
a misplaced sense of duty/loyalty → un sentido desacertado or equivocado del deber/de la lealtad

2. (= wrongly positioned) [accent, comma] → mal colocado, puesto en el lugar equivocado

misplaced [ˌmɪsˈpleɪst] adj

[confidence, optimism, loyalty] → déplacé(e)
to be misplaced [feeling] → être déplacé(e)

[priorities] → mal hiérarchisé(e)

(= put in the wrong place) [letter, accent] → mal placé(e)