misplacing

NOUN

loss

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accident casualty catastrophe cost damage debt defeat deficit destruction disaster failure fall injury markdown trouble

STRONG

bereavement calamity cataclysm death debit deficiency depletion deprivation destitution detriment disadvantage disappearance dispossession fatality forfeiture harm hurt impairment misadventure mishap need perdition privation retardation ruin sacrifice shrinkage squandering trial undoing want waste wreckage

WEAK

bad luck losing mislaying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantage aid assistance attainment benefit blessing favor good fortune good luck happiness help improvement markup miracle profit success triumph win wonder

STRONG

birth boon building comfort creation development fortune gain plenty

WEAK

accomplishment achievement

NOUN

misplacement

Synonyms

STRONG

accident bereavement calamity casualty cataclysm catastrophe cost damage death debit debt defeat deficiency depletion deprivation destitution destruction detriment disadvantage disappearance disaster dispossession failure fall fatality forfeiture harm hurt impairment injury misadventure mishap need perdition privation retardation ruin sacrifice shrinkage squandering trial trouble undoing want waste wreckage

WEAK

bad luck losing mislaying

Antonyms

STRONG

advantage aid assistance attainment benefit birth blessing boon building comfort construction creation credit development favor fortune gain good good fortune good luck happiness help improvement miracle peace plenty profit success triumph win wonder

Example Sentences

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It took months of hard work and careful misplanning.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

As it is, we can lay the fault on Fate, not on any misplanning.

From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa