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Answer for the clue "Lost temporarily ", 7 letters:
mislaid

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vb. (en-past of: mislay )

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Mislay \Mis*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mislaid ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mislaying .] To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source. The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. --Locke. To lay in a place not recollected; to misplace; to lose. The . . . ...

Usage examples of mislaid.

Or had some snide little apprentice mislaid the messages to allow time for his own sleep?

Once they were standing within a few feet of each other, back to back, only to stalk off in opposite directions with infinite precaution, and once King Pellinore did hit Sir Grummore with one of his back strokes, but they both immediately spun round so often that they became giddy and mislaid each other afresh.

The foot-people had been early mislaid because they did not understand the notes of the horn.