Sentence examples similar to misplaced importance from inspiring English sources
So while the Home Guard was a brilliant setting, it was Captain Mainwaring's misplaced self-importance that made the show a classic.
They liked the way, when he felt there was a need, he would reveal a flash of anger at bungling bureaucracy or an official's misplaced self-importance.
His misplaced values of importance and popularity were shaken to the core by his declining ability to leverage those self-perceived traits successfully as he grew older.
Accordingly, providing balanced information on the effectiveness of cancer screening and cultivating increased awareness of the harms thereof are needed to overcome current misplaced perceptions of the importance of cancer screening among the Korean public.
Someone like me might dismiss the snobbery of Professor Farley's letter as merely misplaced "bridge-and-tunnel" self-importance.
For all the importance attached to electoral systems, these hopes are somewhat misplaced.
Because of their ecological and evolutionary importance, dinoflagellates have a relatively well developed taxonomy for certain lineages but many taxa are uncharacterized or misplaced.
Ballots can be misplaced.
This concern is misplaced.
Was this optimism misplaced?
