Also means
displaced
Usage Note
Déplacé describes something socially inappropriate — a remark that is déplacé is off-colour or in bad taste. It also has a literal sense: a personne déplacée is a displaced person (refugee). The noun déplacement covers movement, travel, and official trips, making this root extremely productive in French.
Examples
"Sa remarque était vraiment déplacée."
Natural Translation
His remark was really inappropriate.

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