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malplaced

malplaced adjective: badly or wrongly placed.

Adjective

malplaced (not comparable)

  1. Badly or wrongly placed.

Origin of malplaced

From mal- + placed.

Questions about malplaced

What does malplaced mean?
Malplaced means badly or wrongly placed.
What part of speech is malplaced?
Malplaced is an adjective.

Words near malplaced in the dictionary

  1. Malpighian tubule
  2. Malpighian tubules
  3. malpighias
  4. malpigmentation
  5. malpitte
  6. malplaced
  7. malplacement
  8. malplacements
  9. malplacentation
  10. malpoise
  11. malpose

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