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

"I can't believe I mislaid an entire day!"

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2022

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

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2022

That confidence could now be mislaid with the quickly evolving situation causing a dashboard of indicators to flash some potential warning signs.

From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2021

Unfortunately she had mislaid or lost Mademoiselle Reisz’s card, and looking up her address in the city directory, she found that the woman lived on Bienville Street, some distance away.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin