lost

Speech parts

1. lost - Noun

2. lost - Adjective

3. lost - Verb

Derived from lose

4. lost - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

Parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb; lost honor.

Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit.

Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods; a stranger lost in London.

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.

Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor.

Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; as, an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd.

Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things; as, to be lost in thought.

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Whoever got a good son-in-law gained a son, and whoever got a bad son-in-law also lost his daughter. Democritus

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it. Sophocles

Learning without thought is labor lost and thought without learning is perilous. Confucius

Lost gold can be found; lost time-never. Chinese Proverb

Honour once lost never returns. Dutch Proverb

Bad money is never lost. Hungarian Proverb

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