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
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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
Adjective
He also was charged with misdemeanor counts of theft of mislaid property.
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Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
1 Dec. 2025
Verb
Broadening the base has always been the plan, but its been mislaid for 80 years.
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mislaid
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Officials estimate about 5 ballots remain to be counted and 17,650 are waiting to cure a missing or mismatched signature.
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The number of casualties is expected to climb with thousands reported missing and frantic rescue efforts continuing.
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Foundation board treasurer Mark Rahman, a volunteer with the National Alliance on Mental Illness Tri Valley who also lost a child to suicide, supports Alan's parents' mission to bring good from their grief.
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Having lost to Mexico in the tournament's opening game and then drawn with Czechia, South Africa came into this game at the foot of the table.
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Suddenly, photos, videos, or important documents are just… gone.
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Room by room, the author takes us through the house, now long gone.
Adjective
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If these prices hold, and possibly go even lower , this should provide a huge relief on the inflation front in the coming months — and that could mean current projections for a potential Fed rate hike later this year prove misplaced.
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Owners have enjoyed the benefit of public support in this process, as misplaced fears of competitive balance have led to widespread demand for a salary cap.
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“Mislaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mislaid. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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