Adjective
Out of place; in a place other than is usual.
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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.
Disconnected.
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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.
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separated at the joint
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a dislocated knee
a separated shoulder