verb
- past tense and past participle of mislay; put something in the wrong place so that it cannot be found
Examples
- I mislaid my keys somewhere in the house.
- She had mislaid the important document and couldn’t find it anywhere.
- The teacher mislaid the test papers and had to search through her desk.
- He mislaid his wallet at the restaurant last night.
- The librarian mislaid several books during the reorganization.
- I’ve mislaid my reading glasses again.