lost
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- adjective
- /lɔst/
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irrecuperable
- The ancient artifacts from the excavation site were lost during the chaotic event.
Roots embrace a dream once lost among sorrows and songs.
- Roots embrace a dream once lost among sorrows and songs.
- This is the root cause of the lost decades that followed.
- So the aim was to call it the lost soldier, he said.
- This is the story of the lost child and this is the last.
Examples
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Cities pillaged in this way are lost in truth, and lost forever.
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After the storm, the tiny island was lost to rising waters, and it could never be found again.
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If you look at Africa, that relationship is lost completely.
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This is the root cause of the lost decades that followed.
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Force will compensate for what is lost when the mind divides.
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Roots embrace a dream once lost among sorrows and songs.
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Lost hopes and dreams.
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Many important documents were lost in the fire, leaving the historical records forever incomplete.
Synonyms
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No longer present or available
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Something that cannot be fixed or brought back
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Impossible to get back or fix
Impossible to get back
Taken away as a punishment for breaking a rule or law
Antonyms
Idioms
To look pleased but not fully happy after a small gain that follows a disappointment
Compounds
How Recoverable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lost comes from the old English verb lēosan, the root of our word lose, which meant 'to be without' or 'gone'. So a lost opportunity is one that is gone and cannot be gained again.