Sentence examples for painfully misplaced from inspiring English sources

For the vast majority of us -- namely, those who aren't rich and famous -- this self-consciousness, and the anxiety that is associated with it, is painfully misplaced.

I learned quickly (and painfully) that my optimism was misplaced.

Katrina and Rita and their aftermaths painfully showed how such efforts were suboptimal, too late, misplaced, or just downright wrong.

And misplaced.

The attacks were misplaced.

Their optimism looks misplaced.

market is likely misplaced.

That fear is misplaced.

Such criticisms are misplaced.

"That disparagement is misplaced.

Such satisfaction is misplaced.