Example sentences for: misplaced

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

  • Still, my irritation is not entirely misplaced.

  • It could be any one or combination of a number of things, including power, prestige, or even misplaced ethical values (values that he thought were right, even if they were, in fact, not).

  • "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.

  • Underlying Sara Lee CEO John Bryan's avid embrace of what he called "de-verticalization" was a confused combination of reasonable assumptions, misplaced analogies, and an overwhelming desire to cater to Wall Street's desires--all packaged with the obligatory rhetorical appeal to the demands of the market.

  • --Misplaced in Wis.


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