as in missing
no longer possessed
a traveler looking for his mislaid passport
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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
Todd Feurer, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
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
Adjective
He also was charged with misdemeanor counts of theft of mislaid property.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
Verb
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mislaid
Adjective
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Busloads of volunteers, horses and ground-penetrating radar were called in for a search after Smart went missing.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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The missing middle ordinance has not yet driven development up, Soos said.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Shortstop Colson Montgomery lost control of the ball on the exchange.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Nearly 25 years after the attacks, the royal couple laid a bouquet of white flowers at the edge of the south reflecting pool, honoring the lives lost — including 67 British victims — during a brief ceremony on a chilly but sunny afternoon in lower Manhattan.—
Erin Hill,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Room by room, the author takes us through the house, now long gone.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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Retaining Hall, 39, keeps one familiar face from Dart’s rookie year on the offensive side of the building for his second NFL season, with Brian Daboll, Mike Kafka and Shea Tierney all long gone.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Residents see rising costs, new fees and misplaced priorities while fundamental services decline.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Miriam’s bliss bubbled up, feathering her insides, shimmering around her baby, erupting from her throat in a giggle—a curious misplaced sound in that car.—
‘Pemi Aguda,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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“Mislaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mislaid. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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