mislaid

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Wills can be destroyed or mislaid, accidentally on purpose; beneficiary designations are the purview of the financial institution in question.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025

A nation’s stuff, squeezed and zippered and then entrusted to the delicate ballet of air travel, has been mislaid and orphaned this week.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2022

One letter missed its issue because the Coop office mislaid it and never sent it to the editor.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2022

Yukiko Hosomi, 46, mislaid her wallet while shopping in Bristol and assumed she would never see it again.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2022

Curiously enough, they went on believing this even after the mislaid key was found under a sack of meal.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell