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

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

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2022

It either went underground, becoming esoteric or occult, or it was mislaid and would eventually turn up after centuries of lying neglected in some monastery library.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton