mislocate
a failure to find the exact position of someone or something: 定位失败
After a prisoner went missing inside the jail, there was said to be a failure to inform the controller about his "mislocation".一名囚犯在监狱内失踪后，据说没有通知监狱管理员对他的“定位失败”。
Related wordlocation(FINDING)formal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Finding and discovering
ascertain
break (fresh/new) groundidiom
breakthrough
bring something to lightidiom
catch someone red-handedidiom
flush someone/something out
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found
geocache
geocaching
homing
pinpoint
plumb
red-handed
rediscover
rediscovery
refind
refound
sniff
suss
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