1. seated in the wrong place or position

1. past tense and past participle of misseat; to seat someone in the wrong place or position

Examples

• The guest was misseated at the wrong table during the wedding reception.
• The valve was misseated, causing the engine to leak.
• She realized she had been misseated when the usher checked the ticket.
• The technician misseated the component, which led to equipment failure.
• Several attendees were misseated due to a clerical error in the seating chart.
• The bearing was misseated in its housing, requiring reinstallation.