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Etymology

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mis- +‎ locate

Verb

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

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