← Back to search

Meaning of ill-placed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Badly, mistakenly, or unfortunately placed.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

ill-posed ill-prepared ill-proportioned ill-qualified ill-received ill-seen