ill-placed

English

Adjective

ill-placed (comparative more ill-placed, superlative most ill-placed)

  1. Badly, mistakenly, or unfortunately placed.
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Last Letter”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 289:
      I have watched him read, first earnestly; then the page has been closed unconsciously, and he remained lost in a gloomy reverie. I have opened the volume when he left the room, and found that the record was of ill-placed affection.
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