Misplace

  • 21misplace — v 1. lose, lose sight of, mislay, let slip, let slip through one s fingers; displace, misfile, put in the wrong place, dislocate. 2. misapply, misdirect, give wrongly, give unwisely; invest unwisely, invest illegally, employ improperly, use… …

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  • 22misplace — mis·place …

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  • 23misplace — /mɪsˈpleɪs/ (say mis plays), /ˈmɪspleɪs/ (say misplays) verb (t) (misplaced, misplacing) 1. to put in a wrong place. 2. to place or bestow improperly, unsuitably, or unwisely. –misplacement, noun –misplaced, adjective …

  • 24misplace — v.tr. 1 put in the wrong place. 2 bestow (affections, confidence, etc.) on an inappropriate object. 3 time (words, actions, etc.) badly. Derivatives: misplacement n …

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  • 25displace, misplace — These words suggest putting something in a place Where it should not or ought not to be. To displace is to shift something (usually solid) more or less permanently from its accustomed place: The flood displaced every structure in that section of… …

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  • 26Misplaced — Misplace Mis*place , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misplaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Misplacing}.] 1. To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence. [1913 Webster] 2. To place in a location that one …

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  • 27Misplacing — Misplace Mis*place , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misplaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Misplacing}.] 1. To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence. [1913 Webster] 2. To place in a location that one …

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  • 28mislay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. misplace, lose. See loss. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. disorder, displace, disarrange; see misplace . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To be unable to find: lose, misplace. See GET …

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  • 29lose — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To bring about a loss] Syn. mislay, forget, be careless with; see misplace . 2. [To incur loss] Syn. suffer, miss, be deprived of, fail to keep, suffer loss, be reduced by, be impoverished from, become poorer by, be at a… …

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  • 30Budapest Gambit — The Budapest Gambit (or Budapest Defence) is a chess opening beginning with the moves:1. :2. It is rarely played in top level chess, but it is occasionally seen at amateur levels. It has two codes in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, A51 (1.d4 …

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