misplaced

a euphemism used to hide the truth and avoid responsibility

Blumenthal didn't repeatedly lie about serving in Vietnam, -it's just a matter of "a few misplaced words."

Paul's belief in not one, that if acted upon, would deny basic civil rights to every American, -it's just that "his philosophy is misplaced in these times."

It's not the destruction of the earth's fragile ecosystem by millions of gallons spewing petrochemicals, -it's just a misplaced natural resource.

"I did not have sex with that woman," -it was just a misplaced penis.

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