(v. t.) To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source.
(v. t.) To lay in a place not recollected; to lose.
Example Sentences:
(1) He was responsible for securing vital uranium-enrichment technology, photographing centrifuge blueprints that a German executive had been bribed into temporarily "mislaying" in his kitchen.
(2) The diagnosis of mislaying forms of pulmonary embolism, where even angiography was not pathognomonic, induced the use of a phlebography on lower limbs in patients where this diagnosis was suspected.
(3) Puma Phone - Mobile World Congress 2010 If you're inclined to mislay your charger, the solar panel on the back might appeal too.
(4) The Way Home, a forthcoming thriller starring Dean Cain as a dad who finds God when he mislays his toddler, looks set to better them both.
(5) For one party to mislay its instinct for self-preservation may be regarded as a passing misfortune.
(6) All data is held on secure servers and not on my device, so I don't have to worry about revealing confidential patient data if I mislay it.
(7) NHS accused of covering up huge data loss that put thousands at risk Read more “As of 31 May 2017, the review of the backlog of correspondence has found 1,788 cases of potential harm to patients.” However, family doctors who have been paid £2.5m to determine if the mislaying of letters has harmed patients have yet to give their judgment in 218,120 (31%) of cases.
(8) Five hundred patients may have suffered serious harm as a result of the NHS mislaying 500,000 test results and letters over a five-year period, ministers and officials have admitted in parliament.
(9) Yet he could also be hopelessly disorganised, forever mislaying coats and bags, phones and passports, even our entire election plans.