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misplacedness

misplacedness noun: the quality of being misplaced.

Noun

misplacedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being misplaced.
    • When we were kids I had often felt, however vaguely, his sadness, but this hopelessness, if it was in fact that, this lostness, misplacedness, was new and not easy to take.2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 181

Origin of misplacedness

From misplaced + -ness.

Questions about misplacedness

What does misplacedness mean?
Misplacedness means the quality of being misplaced.
What part of speech is misplacedness?
Misplacedness is a noun.

Words near misplacedness in the dictionary

  1. mispitching
  2. misplace
  3. misplaceable
  4. misplaced
  5. misplacedly
  6. misplacedness
  7. misplacement
  8. misplacements
  9. misplacer
  10. misplacers
  11. misplaces

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