English
Etymology
mis- + place
Pronunciation
Verb
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- (transitive) To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay
- (figuratively) To apply one's talents inappropriately.
- To put something in the wrong location.
Synonyms
Translations
to put something somewhere and then forget its location
- Arabic:
- Egyptian Arabic: ضيع (ḍayyaʕ)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 擱忘/搁忘 (zh), 搁忘 (zh) (gēwàng), 誤放/误放, 误放 (wùfàng)
- Crimean Tatar: coytmaq
- Dutch: misleggen (Belgian Dutch)
- Finnish: kadottaa (fi), hukata (fi)
- French: égarer (fr)
- German: verlegen (de)
- (deprecated template usage)
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- Japanese: 置き忘れる (おきわすれる, okiwasureru)
- Latin: āmittō
- Norwegian: forlegge (no)
- Polish: zgubić (pl) pf, zagubić pf, zapodziać pf
- Russian: заложи́ть (ru) pf (založítʹ), затеря́ть (ru) pf (zaterjátʹ), засу́нуть (ru) pf (zasúnutʹ)
- Spanish: extraviar (es), traspapelar (es)
- Swedish: förlägga (sv)
- Venetian: pèrdar (vec)
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to apply one's talents inappropriately