What does ill-placed mean?

ill-placed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

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"I have watched him read, first earnestly; then the page has been closed unconsciously, and he remained lost in a gloomy reverie. I have opened the volume when he left the room, and found that the record was of ill-placed affection."

more ill-placed (comparative) most ill-placed (superlative)

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