Mislay Definition

mĭs-lā
mislaid, mislaying, mislays
verb
mislaid, mislaying, mislays
To put in a place afterward forgotten or not easily found.
Webster's New World
To place or put down incorrectly.
They mislaid the linoleum.
American Heritage
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Mislay Sentence Examples

  • Friends may seem to have ' lost the plot ' whilst you simply mislay key pieces of paper.

  • The downloadable service from the Casio website means that help is at hand should you mislay or lose the original instructions.

  • In his absent-minded way Tennyson was very apt to mislay objects; in earlier life he had lost the MS. of Poems, chiefly Lyrical, and had been obliged to restore the whole from scraps and memory.

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Words Starting With

MMIMIS

Words Ending With

YAYLAY

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Words Starting With M and Ending With Y

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