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   lost

   /lɒst/

   verb

   • 1. past and past participle of lose

   adjective

   • 1. unable to find one's way; not knowing one's whereabouts: "Help! We're lost!" Similar strayastrayoff-courseoff-trackoff the right trackdisorientateddisorientedhaving lost one's bearingsadriftgoing round in circlesat sea
   • ▪ unable to be found: "he turned up with my lost golf clubs" Similar missingstrayedgone missing/astraymislaidmisplacedvanisheddisappearedforgottennowhere to be foundabsentnot presentgone
   • ▪ unable to understand or to cope with a situation: "she stood there clutching a drink, feeling completely lost"
   • 2. that has been taken away or cannot be recovered: "if only one could recapture one's lost youth" Similar bygonepastformerone-timepreviousoldoldendepartedvanishedforgottenunrememberedunrecalledconsigned to oblivionextinctdeadlost and gonelost in timeout of dateoutmodedpassé
   • ▪ (of time or an opportunity) not used advantageously; wasted: "the decision meant a lost opportunity to create 200 jobs" Similar missedforfeitedneglectedwastedsquandereddissipatedgone by the boardinformal:down the drain
   • ▪ having died or been destroyed: "a memorial to the lost crewmen" Similar extinctdied outdefunctvanishedgoneperisheddestroyedwiped outruinedwreckedcrushedfinisheddemolishedobliteratedeffacedexterminatederadicatedannihilatedextirpated
   • 3. (of a game or contest) in which a defeat has been sustained: "the lost election of 1979"

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