Synonyms for misplaced
mis·placed

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1. misplacedadjective

   put in the wrong place or position

   "She was penalized for a spelling mistake or a misplaced accent"

   Synonyms:
   mislaid

   Antonyms:
   found, arranged, ordered

2. mislaid, misplacedadjective

   lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place

   "the mislaid hat turned up eventually"; "misplaced tickets"

   Synonyms:
   mislaid

   Antonyms:
   found, ordered, arranged

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1. List of paraphrases for "misplaced":

   mislaid, displaced

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1. James Clapper:

   What this really is is misplaced criticism of Bill McRaven.

2. Rolling Stone:

   We have come to the conclusion that our trust in her was misplaced, we were trying to be sensitive to the unfair shame and humiliation many women feel after a sexual assault and now regret the decision to not contact the alleged assaulters to get their account. We are taking this seriously and apologize to anyone who was affected by the story.

3. Pastor Fred Jackson:

   Trust. Trust. Thats all I can say, we as Christians like to believe were trusting and we put our trust in other people and in God, and sometimes that trust is misplaced.

4. Makan Delrahim:

   I understand that some journalists and observers have recently expressed concern that the antitrust division no longer believes that vertical mergers can be efficient and beneficial to competition and consumers, rest assured these concerns are misplaced.

5. John Alejandro King, a.k.a. The Covert Comic, www.covertcomic.com:

   America has never lost a war. We just misplaced a couple temporarily.