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

At her home in Nottingham, his daughter June says she remembers seeing one of him with her and her sisters, but at some point over the years it was mislaid.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2023

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

"I would offer you my sword, but I seem to have mislaid it."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin