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

After they mislaid evidence a number of times, she says, she carried her home computer and a pile of paperwork into the police station.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

What follows is a suspenseful tale of misplaced trust, mislaid memories and unreliable narration.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

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

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2022

Still, he could not speak out, and he only looked east and west and feigned to have mislaid his pipe in his garments, and he fumbled in his girdle.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck