lost
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5.3
- adjective
- /lɔst/
- Lost hope.
- a lost city
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Watch on YouTubeAnd somebody told me, hey, the Lord ain't lost, you know, True that, true that, brother.
- And somebody told me, hey, the Lord ain't lost, you know, True that, true that, brother.
- All of these places, I think are candidates for quote UN quote, my lost civilization.
- But for Putin, what was important that the state was lost.
- These are people who have seen their world destroyed and lost.
- It came controlling and freedom was lost and kindness and, and courtesy and, and empathy.
Examples
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Lost souls who met a violent end.
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Lost and alone, Sarah feels all hope recede for herself and for humanity.
Fiction book (1991) -
Here's to the damned, to the lost and forgotten.
Blog text (15) -
Lost souls are obsessed by something that disconnects them from life.
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She knew immediately something was different, but that if my self esteem was lost I'd be doomed.
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After the ship sank, the passengers felt as if they were lost at sea, with no hope of rescue.
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Despite their efforts, the efforts of the rescue team seemed lost as night fell and the storm worsened.
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In the chaos of the city, he felt utterly lost, unable to find his way home.
Synonyms
154
5.5
No longer alive
43
8.3
Abandoned without help in a very dangerous situation
30
7.7
Very likely to fail or die and cannot be saved
30
2.5
Feeling no hope about a situation or the future
21
7.5
Certain to fail and unable to recover
2
9.1
A person who does not accept religious forgiveness and may face punishment after death
Antonyms
Idioms
To look pleased but not fully happy after a small gain that follows a disappointment
Compounds
How Hopeless
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4.9
275
5.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lost comes from the old English verb lēosan, the root of our word lose, which meant 'to be without' or 'gone'. Long ago it also meant 'ruined' or 'perished', so someone or something lost is seen as beyond help or hope.