misplaced

verb

  1. 1

    To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay

  2. 2

    To apply one's talents inappropriately.

  3. 3

    To put something in the wrong location.

Synonyms

adjective

  1. 1

    Uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings.

    “I felt so misplaced at that party last night.”
  2. 2

    Lost; disoriented, put in the wrong place.

    “I was looking for the supermarket but then I got misplaced.”

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