Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun misplaced_modifier

1 sense of misplaced modifier

Sense 1
dangling modifier, misplaced modifier -- (a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us')
       => modifier, qualifier -- (a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb)