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.

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misplaced

Adjective

1. (of an emotion or action) directed towards a person or thing that does not deserve it: misplaced optimism

2. put in the wrong place: a scrappy game dominated by misplaced kicking

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"

Translations

misplaced [mɪsˈpleɪst] misplace adj (misguided) → unangebracht;

(wrongly positioned) → an der falschen Stelle