verb
- putting something in the wrong place or losing track of where something is
Usage: present participle of misplace
Examples
- I keep misplacing my car keys in the morning.
- She’s always misplacing her reading glasses.
- The librarian was misplacing books on the wrong shelves.
- He has a habit of misplacing important documents.
- Stop misplacing your homework assignments.
- The secretary was misplacing files in the wrong cabinets.