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misplace
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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.

mis·placement n.

misplace
Verb
[-placing, -placed]
1. to lose something temporarily by forgetting where it was placed
2. to put something in the wrong place
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.misplace - place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses"
lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
2.misplace - place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position; "misplaced modifiers"
lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
Translations
misplace [mɪsˈpleɪs] vt (= lose) → extraviar;
misplaced [trust etc] → inmerecido

misplace [mɪsˈpleɪs] vtégarer;
to be misplaced [trust etc] → être mal placé(e)

misplace [mɪsˈpleɪs] vtsmarrire; collocare fuori posto;
to be misplaced [trust etc] → essere malriposto/a

misplace
v misplace [misˈpleis]
1 to lose, mislay. laat wegraak يَضَع الشَّيء في غَيرِ مكانِه загубвам založit, ztratit forlægge verlegen χάνω, παραπετώ perder, extraviar kaotama گم کردن kadottaa égarer לְאַבֵּד गलत जगह रखना zametnuti elhány kehilangan tÿna, setja á óvísan stað perdere 置き忘れる ...의 놓을 장소를 틀리다, 잘못 놓다 nudėti, ne vietoje padėti nolikt nevietā salah letak zoekmaken miste, forlegge zapodziać extraviar a rătăci затерять; положить не на место založiť založiti zaturiti förlägga ใส่ผิดที่ kaybetmek; yanlış yere koymak 丟失, 把...放錯地方 покласти не на місце بے جگہ رکھ کر بھول جانا để thất lạc ...
2 to give (trust, love) to the wrong person Your trust in him was misplaced. foutief, ongegrond يَضَع ثِقَتَه في الشَّخْص الخاطئ давам на неправилния човек špatně umístit malplacere unangebracht sein εμπιστεύομαι σε λάθος άνθρωπο encauzar mal valele isikule suunama اشتباه kohdistaa väärään henkilöön mal placer לְהַעֲנִיק לְמִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ רָאוי अयोग्य dati krivoj osobi (bizalmát stb.) méltatlanra pazarolja salah tempat leggja ást/traust á óverðugan (riporre male) 見当違いだ 가치가 없는 사람에게 ...을 두다 nevertai rodyti uzticēties necienīgam cilvēkam salah tempat misplaatsen ikke være tilliten verdig źle ulokować mal empregado a investi un sentiment într-o persoană nepotrivită довериться недостойному человеку venovať (čo) nesprávnemu zgrešiti pogrešno pokloniti kasta bort ไว้ใจคนผิด yanlış kimseye güvenmek 把(感情等)寄託於不該寄託的對象 довіритися комусь, хто цього не заслуговує غلط جگہ محبت یا غلط چیز پر بھروسا کرنا đặt niềm tin nhầm chỗ


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