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单词 ill-placed
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ill-placedadj.

Brit. /ˌɪlˈpleɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌɪlˈpleɪst/
a. Badly placed or situated.
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the world > space > place > position or situation > [adjective] > having a (specified) position > badly situated
ill-placed1662
1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 14 A Pallace, like Cardinal Wolseyes ill-placed one..on a low ground by the River side.
b. Misplaced, that is ‘out of place’, inopportune.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] > out of place
misplaced1563
ill-placed1650
off-time1938
1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 27 Such ill-plac'd wit.
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) I. v. 115 Awkward and ill-placed panegyrics.
1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. x. 157 An ill-placed and ill-requited attachment.
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