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# mislaid

verb past form of mislay (mislay, mislays, mislaid, mislaying); adjective (mislaid)

«mislaid» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Mislaid means put something somewhere and then could not find it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mislaid/#m1)
2. (adjective) Mislaid describes something lost for a while because it was put in the wrong place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mislaid/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life people mislay keys, glasses and homework. It is a gentler word than «lost»: you hope to find it again. In stories «I seem to have mislaid my hat» sounds polite or old-fashioned.

### Examples

- I've mislaid my reading glasses again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mislaid/#x1)
- She mislaid her homework and found it under the bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mislaid/#x2)
- Dad mislaid the car keys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mislaid/#x3)
- The mislaid letter turned up a week later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mislaid/#x4)
- (formal) It appears your form has been mislaid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mislaid/#x5)
- Grandpa mislaid his phone in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mislaid/#x6)

### Note

Irregular: mislay, mislaid, mislaid. Do not confuse with «misled» (gave the wrong idea). Mislaid = put in the wrong place; lost = cannot find at all.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mislaid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mislaid/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mislaid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mislaid.html) on Mova free.