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

So still searching for a first win, while also moving on to, seemingly, soul searching for a critical missing element.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
But the whereabouts of the missing Del Paso Boulevard landmark remain unknown, police officials said Thursday at department headquarters.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of missing

Adjective

An America lost to time, remembered in photos The mall’s future is now determined — and its past reveals a version of America perhaps long gone.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2026
Suddenly, photos, videos, or important documents are just… gone.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026

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