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Definition of mislaid : of Mislay

Synonyms:

lost

disorganized, whisked, confounded, mussed, confused, ruffled, jumbled, messed, scattered, misplaced, tumbled, convulsed, rumpled, upset, whipped, discomposed, tousled, capsized, rummaged, botched, displaced, disturbed, troubled, tampered, roiled, hashed, mixed up muddled, perturbed, rippled, cluttered, agitated, swirled, disarranged, fermented, deranged, blurred, roughened, disheveled, scrambled, tossed, dislocated, meddled, disordered, churned

Usage examples:

• They were as big as ordinary legs- those arms, and they ended in hands that could have picked up a football and mislaid it among their fingers. - "At Good Old Siwash", George Fitch.
• Once I mislaid him on the Cross of St. Paul's. - "The Ball and The Cross", G.K. Chesterton.
• Whenever there's anything missing at our house, some of the children can tell who's mislaid it. - "Clover and Blue Grass", Eliza Calvert Hall.