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mislocate

mislocate verb: to locate incorrectly.

Verb

mislocate (third-person singular simple present mislocates, present participle mislocating, simple past and past participle mislocated)

  1. (transitive) To locate incorrectly.
    • The first time the wall was poured, the seams in the form (which produced corresponding lines in the concrete) were mislocated.2007 November 4, Fred A. Bernstein, “Lifting a High Ranch to New Heights”, in New York Times

Forms of mislocate

third-person singular presentmislocates
present participlemislocating
past participlemislocated
pastmislocated

Origin of mislocate

From mis- + locate.

Questions about mislocate

What does mislocate mean?
Mislocate means to locate incorrectly.
What part of speech is mislocate?
Mislocate is a verb.
What is the past tense of mislocate?
The past tense of mislocate is mislocated.

Words near mislocate in the dictionary

  1. mislocalizations
  2. mislocalize
  3. mislocalized
  4. mislocalizes
  5. mislocalizing
  6. mislocate
  7. mislocated
  8. mislocates
  9. mislocating
  10. mislocation
  11. mislocations

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