as in losing
to be unable to find or have at hand
I seem to have misplaced my keys
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Recent Examples of misplacing
There’s no greater nightmare on a cross-country road trip than misplacing your keys—which is where Apple AirTags come in handy.
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Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2026
And misplacing long-term planning over the club’s pressing short-term needs no longer stands up to scrutiny.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
One standout moment shows the robot stepping down, briefly misplacing its foot, and then subtly repositioning it before continuing forward.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
That employee questioned whether the cost of moving equipment from one building to another, possibly misplacing or throwing away equipment in the process, was actually saving Goddard and the federal government money.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2026
And misplacing long-term planning over the club’s pressing short-term needs no longer stands up to scrutiny.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
One standout moment shows the robot stepping down, briefly misplacing its foot, and then subtly repositioning it before continuing forward.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
That employee questioned whether the cost of moving equipment from one building to another, possibly misplacing or throwing away equipment in the process, was actually saving Goddard and the federal government money.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misplacing
Verb
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Polished enough for the global luxury buyer without losing contact with the raw material that made the coast desirable in the first place.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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While Journalism’s third at the Grade 2 Oaklawn in his 2026 debut was disappointing, there’s no shame in losing to White Abarrio and Sovereignty.—
Geoff Clark OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
Verb
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My answer is that the alternative — silence, forgetting, the regime’s preferred outcome — is worse.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
2 June 2026
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Fifteen years after the end of her time in Sonic Youth, Play Me represents an artist again taking chances while soaring confidently into a new era, not forgetting the past but living fully within her ongoing evolution.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
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Germany was missing 18-year-old midfielder Lennart Karl, ruled out for the World Cup after injuring a thigh in training.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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Hooker has consistently denied any wrongdoing in connection with his missing wife.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Misplacing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misplacing. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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