misplacement

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Bad placement.

   “His misplacement of his foot sprained his ankle.”

   “The misplacement of the supply shed at the far corner of the field resulted in great loss of time.”

   “The surveyor is usually called in after the occupation is discovered to be foreign and therefore an encroachment; then the misplacement is found to be the result of a missurvey, or no survey.”