mislay v place (something) where one cannot find it again Usage(s) There was nothing to sweep under, and no space to mislay things. The grandchildren mislay the faith while inheriting the wealth that comes as an ironic dividend of cheapening values. It has allowed the literary world to discover and then mislay him regularly during nearly 40 years of brisk activity. Synonym(s) misplace lose
Quotes mislay Edmund Hillary in Telegraph.co.uk Hillary told me later he "seemed to mislay some scraps of paper with messages on them".