mislaid

«mislaid» in Mova's school dictionary: put something somewhere and then could not find it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) Mislaid means put something somewhere and then could not find it. tree →

2) (adjective) Mislaid describes something lost for a while because it was put in the wrong place. tree →

sense 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 →
• She mislaid her homework and found it under the bed. tree →
• Dad mislaid the car keys. tree →
• The mislaid letter turned up a week later. tree →
• (formal) It appears your form has been mislaid. tree →
• Grandpa mislaid his phone in the garden. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• "Lost" in "she lost her husband" means her husband died; nothing was mislaid.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mislaid» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.