EGAVE

mislaying

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb present participle and gerund of mislay
  2. noun The act of something being mislaid or lost.

Similar words

misplace lose misplacing bungle pilfering purloining mishandling stolen filched squirrelled

Often followed by

of the them his things her objects a it or

Word family

mislaid mislay mislays

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