What does dislocated mean?
Dislocated means simple past and past participle of dislocate.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
simple past and past participle of dislocate.
At this point, other ships in the U.S. formation began to spot the incoming Japanese column. Duncan, one of the racing trio of destroyers, and Boise independently spotted the contacts, and both Boise and Helena now reported their sightings to Scott, a few minutes later. But with San Francisco still not seeing anything, and Scott confirming that the three dislocated destroyers were coming up fast past the column to starboard, he convinced himself that the contacts that were being spotted were actually these three escort ships, and, thus, he discarded the reports.
Every day the stock market is pushed higher by the Fed, it becomes more dislocated from reality. The homebuilder stocks are more dislocated from fundamental reality now than they were at the peak of the bubble.
Use dislocated when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dislocated means simple past and past participle of dislocate.
Common synonyms include disjointed, injured, separated.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
At this point, other ships in the U.S. formation began to spot the incoming Japanese column. Duncan, one of the racing trio of destroyers, and Boise independently spotted the contacts, and both Boise and Helena now reported their sightings to Scott, a few minutes later. But with San Francisco still not seeing anything, and Scott confirming that the three dislocated destroyers were coming up fast past the column to starboard, he convinced himself that the contacts that were being spotted were actually these three escort ships, and, thus, he discarded the reports.
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