misplacement

noun

misplacement

noun

Etymology From mis- + placement.

1

Bad placement.

His misplacement of his foot sprained his ankle.
The misplacement of the supply shed at the far corner of the field resulted in great loss of time.

1 more example

The surveyor is usually called in after the occupation is discovered to be foreign and therefore an encroachment; then the misplacement is found to be the result of a missurvey, or no survey.1967, American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of the Surveying and Mapping Division, page 122:

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