misplace

(mĭs-plās')
tr.v., -placed, -plac·ing, -plac·es.

1. 1. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence.
   2. To mislay: I misplaced my wallet.
2. To bestow (confidence, for example) on an improper, unsuitable, or unworthy person or idea.

misplacement mis·place'ment n.

verb

To be unable to find: lose, mislay. See get/lose.

v

Definition: lose; be unable to find
Antonyms: find, keep

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: place (something) where one cannot find it again
  Synonyms: mislay, lose

Meaning #2: place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fejlplacere, tilrettelægge dårligt

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwijtraken, zoekmaken, niet op zijn plaats doen

Français (French)
v. tr. - égarer, mal ranger

Deutsch (German)
v. - falsch plazieren, verlegen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παραπετώ, χάνω, τοποθετώ κατά λάθος/λανθασμένα, χαρίζω κάτι σε ανάξιο πρόσωπο

Italiano (Italian)
riporre male

Português (Portuguese)
v. - colocar em lugar errado, dedicar afeição a quem não merece

Русский (Russian)
поставить не на место, испытывать не соответствующие объекту чувства

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - colocar mal o fuera de su lugar, perder, extraviar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - felplacera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
放错地方

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 放錯地方

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 잘못 두다, 둔 곳을 잊다, (사랑 등을) 잘못 주다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 置き場所を誤る, 置き違える, 置き忘れる, 誤って与える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يضع الشيء في غير محله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הניח לא במקומו, העניק (חיבה, שימת-לב וכו') למי שאינו ראוי לכך, שגה בעיתוי (של אמירות, מעשים וכו')‬

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