misplaced
Example Sentences
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I’ve been an eyewitness to lost specimens turning up in a museum when a colleague spotted a dinosaur skull and pterosaur skeleton sitting on the wrong shelf like misplaced library books.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Bulls said these worries were misplaced, given the magnitude of demand for tech hardware created by the AI data-center rush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
So let me offer a different lineup, since the country seems to have misplaced it.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
But, within BBC circles, there is optimism – misplaced or not - that a new PM might give a new DG renewed hope.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
At one point in the evening there was a glass, but he misplaced that hours ago.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
