misplacement
Example Sentences
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Senior Coroner Andrew Harris said he would not have died when he did "were it not for the tube misplacement".
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2023
At the time, both Gonzalez and Trevino said that her misplacement of the petition was a mistake.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2023
Readers of all races, creeds, sexual orientations and genders will recognize Owen’s feelings of misplacement — but queer readers perhaps will find something more.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
The slight misplacement of a seventh-inning pitch to Jerry Sands was all the Chicago White Sox needed to put this game away.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 14, 2016
But then the strangeness between us began, the feelings of oddness and misplacement, and our move never happened.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
