lost

[ lawst, lost ]

/ lɔst, lɒst /

adjective

no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.

no longer to be found: lost articles.

having gone astray or missed the way; bewildered as to place, direction, etc.: lost children.

not used to good purpose, as opportunities, time, or labor; wasted: a lost advantage.

being something that someone has failed to win: a lost prize.

ending in or attended with defeat: a lost battle.

destroyed or ruined: lost ships.

preoccupied; rapt: He seems lost in thought.

distracted; distraught; desperate; hopeless: the lost look of a man trapped and afraid.

verb (used with or without object)

simple past tense and past participle of lose.

Nearby words

Idioms

get lost, Slang.

to absent oneself: I think I'll get lost before an argument starts.
to stop being a nuisance: If they call again, tell them to get lost.

lost to,

no longer belonging to.
no longer possible or open to: The opportunity was lost to him.
insensible to: lost to all sense of duty.

SYNONYMS FOR lost

1. forfeited, gone, missing. 3. confused, perplexed. 4. squandered.

ANTONYMS FOR lost

1. found.

Related formsun·lost, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for unlost

lost

/ (lɒst) /

adjective

unable to be found or recovered

unable to find one's way or ascertain one's whereabouts

confused, bewildered, or helplesshe is lost in discussions of theory

(sometimes foll by on) not utilized, noticed, or taken advantage of (by)rational arguments are lost on her

no longer possessed or existing because of defeat, misfortune, or the passage of timea lost art

destroyed physicallythe lost platoon

(foll by to) no longer available or open (to)

(foll by to) insensible or impervious (to a sense of shame, justice, etc)

(foll by in) engrossed (in)he was lost in his book

morally fallena lost woman

damneda lost soul

get lost (usually imperative) informal go away and stay away

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Word Origin and History for unlost

lost

adj.

"defeated," c.1300; "wasted, spent in vain," c.1500; also "no longer to be found" (1520s), from past participle of lose. Lost Cause in reference to the Southern U.S. bid for independence is from the title of E.A. Pollard's history of the CSA and the rebellion (1866). Lost Generation in reference to the period 1914-18 first attested 1926 in Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises," where he credits it to Gertrude Stein.

Idioms and Phrases with unlost

lost

In addition to the idioms beginning with lost

lost cause
lost in the shuffle
lost in thought
lost on one

also see:

get lost
he who hesitates is lost
make up for lost time
no love lost
you've lost me

Also seelose.