mislay

transitive verb

To put in a place that is afterward forgotten.

transitive verb

To place or put down incorrectly.

Preterit of mislie.

To lay in a wrong or unaccustomed place; put in a place afterward forgotten: as, to mislay a letter or one’s gloves.

To place or set down erroneously; give or assign a wrong location to.

transitive verb

To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source.

transitive verb

To lay in a place not recollected; to misplace; to lose.

verb

To leave or lay something in the wrong place and then forget where one put it.

verb

place (something) where one cannot find it again