misplace
Example Sentences
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Investigators will "explicitly" consider the backgrounds of offenders, including their ethnicity and religion, Mahmood said, and "whether the authorities failed to properly investigate what happened out of a misplaced desire to protect community cohesion".
From BBC
Calpers’s decision to add to its holdings might prove savvy, and the market’s skepticism might be misplaced.
The technique involves attaching an original sketch to an adhesive backing, cutting it out, strategically sprinkling sand on the desired areas, then removing any misplaced grains one by one.
From Los Angeles Times
One widely upvoted post calls it "fine as a closure… but way short of expectations", pointing to a "rushed" narrative, overlong action sequences and music that feels "misplaced".
From BBC
“The concerns about recession are not misplaced,” said chief economist Ryan Sweet of Oxford Economics.
From MarketWatch
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