Example sentences for: misplaced

How can you use “misplaced” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Cluster analysis of microarray data from nearly 10,000 genes misplaced 2 samples out of 26 for a diagnostic accuracy of 92%.

  • … The cover book review scoffs at the misplaced sympathy for men in Susan Faludi's Stiffed . Faludi's poorly written tome ignores "the resurgence of male bravado," which is evident in the candidacy of Donald Trump and the popularity of Howard Stern.

  • Isn't it a little self-pitying to ascribe misplaced guilty liberalism and soggy altruism to the same folks who bring us season after season of formulaic sitcoms, spandexed soap operas, and disease-of-the-week movies?

  • As only Chomskyan grammar is covered in the book, entries are lacking for such common grammatical concepts—albeit from other disciplines, like traditional grammar— substantive, dependent clause, independent clause, conjunctive adverb, adverbial conjunction, misplaced (or dangling) modifier , etc.—all terms well established in discussions of nonChomskyan grammar.

  • "I like to put them on and think, 'You know, Momma looked through these,' " she tells the Globe . Apparently Bakker shares this maudlin optical fascination with Judge Judy Sheindlin, who (according to the Enquirer ) almost "burst into tears" and stopped production of her TV show when she misplaced her reading glasses, which once belonged to her beloved late father.


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