What can be borrowed but never returned, holds value yet is often forgotten?
Category: Wordplay · Difficulty: hard
Hint: Think of what people often wish they had more of.
Answer
Time
Explanation
Time is a concept that can be 'borrowed' in the sense of usage but cannot be physically returned, leading to its paradoxical nature.
This is a hard wordplay riddle — a tricky one that takes a little thought. The answer is Time.
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