Meaning & use
misplace
To put something in a place and then be unable to remember or find it.
See it in a sentence
I misplaced my keys again and spent twenty minutes searching the whole apartment.
The clerk misplaced an important file, delaying the case for several weeks.
A note on using this word
Misplace suggests the item still exists somewhere nearby, unlike lose, which can imply it is gone for good.
Words with a similar meaning
losemislay
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Words with an opposite meaning
find
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