The adjective lost describes anything that can't be found, like your favorite pair of sunglasses that you left on a table at the library and never saw again.
Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing;
Noun
people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"
Adjective S.
not caught with the senses or the mind; "words lost in the din"
Adjective S.
unable to function; without help
Adjective
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities"
Adjective
spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon"
Adjective
not gained or won; "a lost battle"; "a lost prize"
Adjective S.
having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented"
Adjective S.
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
Adjective S.
no longer known; irretrievable; "a forgotten art"; "a lost art"; "lost civilizations"
Adjective S.
incapable of being recovered or regained; "his lost honor"
v. t.
Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be
found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.
v. t.
Parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb;
lost honor.
v. t.
Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed
ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity
or benefit.
v. t.
Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way;
bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods; a stranger lost
in London.
v. t.
Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past
help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost
soul.
v. t.
Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated;
insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor.
v. t.
Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; as, an
island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd.
v. t.
Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as
to be insensible of external things; as, to be lost in thought.
Lost
Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing;
Usage Examples
Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
About the time I turned 50, I experienced the profound biological change that often accompanies women at that age. Also, I put two kids in college and lost both of my parents, so I'm no longer somebody's daughter.
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
A few years ago I lost 30 pounds, and people still wanted to criticize. And honestly, I'm happy with myself if I'm a little heavier. I realized: 'Why am I trying to conform to someone else's idea of beauty?' I think I'm beautiful either way.
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
After 'Four Feathers,' I quit then because I just lost faith. I didn't like how the business was.
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Other Usage ExamplesA tree is known by its fruit a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
A lost election can have the jolt of a drop through the gallows door, leading to a dark night of the soul in which the future presses down like a cloud that will never lift.
A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
All love is lost but upon God alone.
A Church which has lost its memory is in a sad state of senility.
Agency by agency, we frequently have lost a bit of ground, at least to inflation-but had it not been for the efforts we've made to educate people about the importance of science, technology and advanced education, those predictions very well might have come true.
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