单词 | ill-placed |
释义 | ill-placedadj. a. Badly placed or situated. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1650 |
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