Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To put in a place that is afterward forgotten: I have mislaid my hat.
- v. To place or put down incorrectly: They mislaid the linoleum.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To lay in a wrong or unaccustomed place; put in a place afterward forgotten: as, to mislay a letter or one's gloves.
- To place or set down erroneously; give or assign a wrong location to.
- Preterit of mislie.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source.
- v. To lay in a place not recollected; to misplace; to lose.
WordNet 3.0
- v. place (something) where one cannot find it again
Examples
“As Cameron cheerfully admitted, he's lost a minister (David Laws) and an adviser (Lord Young), been forced to cancel that Thai holiday and to "mislay" his personal photographer.”
“I don't know if it's just a phase, or separation related, but as we walk to school, or around the neighbourhood at the weekend, they both hold on for dear life, as if they might mislay me somewhere between the supermarket and the house.”
“I suspect that when other people mislay things they make sure that your husband doesn't find out, but you can't.”
“At an indirect Board meeting, a Board as well as Schwarz concluded to this arrangement as well as a Board of Control voted unanimously to mislay a clause from Schwarzs stipulate in courtesy to regulating BRP apparatus/vehicles for personal have make have make make use of of of of of as well as sell a 2004 pickup to Schwarz for $1.00 in lieu of monetary compensation.”
“Tim sensitive Barry which they would need a bigger crew, some-more burning rigs, as well as producers to mislay their property away from a ditch.”
“The House GOP fails to mislay Rep. Charles Rangel from the Ways as well as Means Committee for the third time.”
“Cognizant of seniors' tendency to mislay important objects, Ryan thoughtfully unburdens them with having to handle the grubby little coupons physically: those will be given directly to the insurance providers for safekeeping.”
“Then Ireshelve the books, forget about the websites and mislay the Post-its.”
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“This doesnt mean that Im your go-to guy every time you mislay your keys, he said.”
“Henceforth these beings belonged to the statistics as “Abandoned children,” whom the police take note of, collect, mislay and find again on the pavements of Paris.”
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