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MISPLACEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does misplacement mean?
• MISPLACEMENT (noun)
The noun MISPLACEMENT has 1 sense:
1. faulty position
Familiarity information: MISPLACEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Faulty position
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
malposition; misplacement
Hypernyms ("misplacement" is a kind of...):
position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)
Derivation:
misplace (place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position)
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