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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place;
- Example: "the mislaid hat turned up eventually"
- Example: "misplaced tickets"
[syn: mislaid, misplaced]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mislay \Mis*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mislaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Mislaying.] [1913 Webster] 1. To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source. [1913 Webster] The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. To lay in a place not recollected; to misplace; to lose. [1913 Webster +PJC] The . . . charter, indeed, was unfortunately mislaid: and the prayer of their petition was to obtain one of like import in its stead. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mislaid adj 1: lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place; "the mislaid hat turned up eventually"; "misplaced tickets" [syn: mislaid, misplaced]