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mislaid

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verb

past tense of mislay

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mislaid
Adjective
  • Milwaukee police are seeking the public's help in locating a critically missing 11-year-old girl.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Like the other mishap, McRae kicked her foot, and her white shoe went missing.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Presumably, this is because those players lost their ‘development’ period — their early teenage years — to the war.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Eastern Washington lost its opening game last week and has not had a winning season since 2021.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • By reprogramming ordinary cells—like skin fibroblasts—into stem cells, scientists hope to create eggs and sperm from individuals long gone.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • So many firsts, gone, charred to ash, just remnants of an area that once represented Black prosperity and joy.
    Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Blaming young people's small luxuries for their inability to step onto the property ladder has always been a misplaced criticism, focusing on individuals' discretionary spending habits rather than systemic economic issues undermining their ability to save and build financial stability.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Because practitioners can see exactly where the energy is being delivered, the risk of misplaced treatment—a key cause of side effects—is minimized.
    Carol RH Malasig, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Mislaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mislaid. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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