lostness
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- noun
- /ˈlɔstnəs/
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perdido
- In moments of lostness, she often turned to her journal to search for clarity and direction.
So I really uncovered my own lostness to find my fondness.
- So I really uncovered my own lostness to find my fondness.
- I see deep lostness in people that have too much.
- And in that space of total emptiness and lostness, I was lost and something found me.
- Otherwise you contribute to the lostness, if that's a word, the lostness of the world.
- And I realized that your proportion for longing or your proportion for your lostness is only in reference to your relative feeling of need to fight.
Examples
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I see deep lostness in people that have too much.
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After losing her job, she experienced a deep sense of lostness and uncertainty about her future.
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And in that space of total emptiness and lostness, I was lost and something found me.
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Otherwise you contribute to the lostness, if that's a word, the lostness of the world.
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So I really uncovered my own lostness to find my fondness.
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Yes, but there's enormous lostness and emotional need in the surge of interest in it.
Blog text (28) -
In these places of lostness, the artist goes and lowers ladders and guides for people to find ways to climb out.
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Perhaps today, since your lostness seems to be rooted in yesterday's losses, patriotic music would remind you of the joy and hope that is America.
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And I realized that your proportion for longing or your proportion for your lostness is only in reference to your relative feeling of need to fight.
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The emotional lostness he felt during the move made it hard for him to adjust to his new surroundings.
Synonyms
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6.7
Feeling confused about where you are, who you are, or what is real
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A lack of clear purpose or direction
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8.7
The feeling of having no clear goal or direction
A feeling of not thinking or acting clearly
Antonyms
How Lost
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lostness comes from lost, related to the verb lose, which means 'not having' or 'unable to find', and the ending -ness, which means 'state'. So, lostness is the state of feeling lost, confused, or without direction.