positionverb
Electric sockets and fittings were inconvenient, dangerous, or mispositioned.
The faults listed in the report included roof straps and hangers being bent, mispositioned, or inadequate.
Across the data, questions that were mispositioned attracted the same type of response.
It was also noted that cells that were mis-positioned were able to undergo a change of position.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Placing and positioning an object
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appose
around
change something around
circle
consign
fit
gone
install
lie
manoeuvrable
pile (something) up
plant
reinstall
reinstallation
relocate
reorientate
reorientation
transpose
transposition

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