MISLAID Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

mislaid 1 of 2

adjective

as in missing

no longer possessed a traveler looking for his mislaid passport

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mislaid

2 of 2

verb

past tense of mislay

as in lost

to be unable to find or have at hand I'm always mislaying my bus pass

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Recent Examples of mislaid

Adjective

He also was charged with misdemeanor counts of theft of mislaid property. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025

Verb

Broadening the base has always been the plan, but its been mislaid for 80 years. — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 So many things, dropped and lost and mislaid, twinkling all over the place like a museum/ junkyard. — 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

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Adjective

Roughly 12 hours after Georgia Tech announced one of its students was missing, the Midtown Atlanta public school said he’s been found.

— Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Families should report any missing relatives immediately So far, bodies have been found across several Ekurhuleni communities, including Kempton Park, Pomona, Clayville, Olifantsfontein, Rhodesfield, KwaThema and Dawn Park.

— Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of missing

Verb

But having an awards show that celebrates television presented on a streaming platform behind a pay wall would be a major symbolic statement that traditional viewing on the networks has lost its cultural relevance.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Officers said the vehicle traveled to the right and struck a curb and a tree, splitting in two and catching fire, after the driver lost control.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of lost

Adjective

Security teams need to understand how models behave, how connected tools can be abused and how output can become action through permissions, workflow automation or misplaced trust.

— Jay Bavisi, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
This is a period of deep anxiety across the medical research community about the future of federal funding, and that anxiety is not misplaced — significant cuts to diabetes research funding have been proposed in recent budget cycles.

— Charles "Chuck" Henderson, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026

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