misplace affections

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• misplace — misplace, mislay both mean to put in the wrong place and both in their basic use imply that the thing in question is as unavailable as if lost though firmly believed to be still in one s possession. Misplace basically implies a putting of a thing …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• misplace — (v.) 1550s, to assign a wrong position to; see MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + PLACE (Cf. place) (v.). Of affections, confidence, etc., to give to a wrong object, it is recorded from 1630s. Related: Misplaced; misplacing …   Etymology dictionary

• misplace — 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 …   Useful english dictionary