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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misplaced

/mɪsplˈeɪst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English

Syllables
mis-placed
IPA
/mɪsplˈeɪst/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of misplace

adj

Uncomfortable, especially due to one's surroundings.

adj

Lost; disoriented, put in the wrong place.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more misplaced (comparative) most misplaced (superlative)

Derived Forms

misplacedness

Synonyms

mislaid

Rhymes With

based placed waste taste replaced faced waist paste traced displaced embraced chased

Questions

How do you pronounce misplaced?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɪsplˈeɪst/.
What does misplaced mean?
simple past and past participle of misplace

How to pronounce misplaced

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