mislaid

Example Sentences

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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

We may raise the possibility that Mr. X mislaid his picnic basket and chose to report it stolen in the hopes of making a claim on his insurance, and so on.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith