as in to lose
to be unable to find or have at hand
I'm always mislaying my bus pass
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Recent Examples of mislay
So many things, dropped and lost and mislaid, twinkling all over the place like a museum/ junkyard.
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Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Too, the suspicion that it could not be done again, that the ability to pull it off had been mislaid.
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Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Assistant coach Ryan Jensen, the Fort Morgan native and a Super Bowl champ with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, mislaid his hat before the game and had to borrow someone else’s.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
27 Sep. 2025
If an item is mislaid, the owner most likely is looking for it and will come back to claim it.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for mislay
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Too, the suspicion that it could not be done again, that the ability to pull it off had been mislaid.
—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Assistant coach Ryan Jensen, the Fort Morgan native and a Super Bowl champ with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, mislaid his hat before the game and had to borrow someone else’s.
—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
27 Sep. 2025
If an item is mislaid, the owner most likely is looking for it and will come back to claim it.
—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for mislay
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But every time Panama loses possession, Croatia is ready to take up residence in the attacking third.
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The shelf-stable meals are designed to help families whose children lose access to school lunches during the summer months.
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Its origins are uncertain, with one tale suggesting that a cook at Manzanillo’s mercado left a pot of pozole over fire and forgot it.
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“Mislay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mislay. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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