MISLAY Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

mislay

verb

ˌmis-ˈlā

Definition of mislay

as in to lose

to be unable to find or have at hand I'm always mislaying my bus pass

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Recent Examples of mislay 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 Texas law only recognizes three of those property terms– abandoned, lost and mislaid. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for mislay

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The researchers’ models suggest that areas near the escarpment could have lost as much as 8 kilometers of rock, with erosion decreasing farther away from the ancient cliff.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
The court dismissed the case against her manager, who also lost his job.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of lose

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As if things weren’t already bleak, Milwaukee was gifted its 21st run after Julio Rodríguez forgot how many outs there were in the bottom of the eighth.

— Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Now Centennial has one of the best running backs in the state in Malaki Davis, plus Mater Dei transfer Kennie Leggett, so Drake starts his senior year pretty much forgotten and on the bench.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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