"ill-placed" meaning in English

See ill-placed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more ill-placed [comparative], most ill-placed [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} ill-placed (comparative more ill-placed, superlative most ill-placed)
  1. Badly, mistakenly, or unfortunately placed.
    Sense id: en-ill-placed-en-adj-AsU0hxqj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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