mislocate

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ locate

Verb

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.