mislay in English

verb
1
unintentionally put (an object) where it cannot readily be found and so lose it temporarily.
I seem to have mislaid my car keys
synonyms:losemisplaceput in the wrong placebe unable to findforget the whereabouts of
verb

Use "mislay" in a sentence

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1. Did you often mislay these farm chemicals?

2. I often mislay my umbrella.

3. Or a few outstanding debts you chanced to mislay in your indecent haste to depart ?

4. One of the drawbacks to being of mature years is the tendency to forget or mislay things - like keys.

5. Henceforth these beings belonged to the statistics as "Abandoned children," whom the police take note of, collect, mislay and find again on the pavements of Paris.