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

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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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mislaid

Adjective

Medical practices throughout the world were roughly similar, but the consistency of the messaging helped engender a level of trust that went missing in other locales.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Authorities have not said how many people were aboard or how many remain missing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of missing

Adjective

The river was backed up for seven miles, with misplaced stacks of timber reaching 50 feet high.

— John Lauritsen, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
The bill’s supporters argued that these raises, concurrent with hikes in student tuition and inadequate pay for staff, revealed the CSU system’s misplaced priorities that needed to be reformed.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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