Lost I Completely Unable Quickly Happening Adjective Lɒst

• we always get lost in london.
• we're completely lost.
• we got lost in the woods.
• i was tired, hungry and hopelessly lost.

lost

1. unable to find your way; not knowing where you are
• We always get lost in London.
• We're completely lost.
• We got lost in the woods.
• I was tired, hungry and hopelessly lost.
2. that cannot be found or brought back
• SEE ALSO long-lost
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• I'm still looking for that lost file.
• a lost cat/dog/pet
• Your invitation must have got lost in the post.
• Report all instances of lost or stolen cards immediately.
• Along with flight delays, lost luggage is the most common cause for passenger complaint.
• Without a form of backup, this data would be lost forever.
3. that cannot be obtained; that cannot be found or created again
• Piracy is costing film studios millions in lost revenues.
• The strike cost them thousands of pounds in lost business.
• lost sales/profits/earnings
• She's trying to recapture her lost youth.
• a poignant and bittersweet tale of lost love
• He regretted the lost (= wasted) opportunity to apologize to her.
• the lost art of letter-writing
4. unable to deal successfully with a particular situation
• I felt so lost after my mother died.
• We would be lost without your help.
• He's a lost soul (= a person who does not seem to know what to do, and seems unhappy).

Extra Examples

• I felt lost without my watch.
• She looked rather lost and lonely, standing in a corner by herself.
5. unable to understand something because it is too complicated
• They spoke so quickly I just got lost.
• Hang on a minute—I'm lost.
• I was a little lost at first but quickly caught on to what was happening in this elaborate series.
6. there is still some hope of making a bad situation better
• All is not lost—we still haven’t tried the banks for a loan.
7. to be so surprised, confused, etc. that you do not know what to say
8. to be giving all your attention to something so that you do not notice what is happening around you
• to be lost in thought
9. to be not understood or noticed by somebody
• His jokes were completely lost on most of the students.
10. to be giving all your attention to something so that you do not notice what is happening around you
• When he’s listening to music he’s lost to the world.
11. a rude way of telling somebody to go away, or of refusing something
• Tell him to get lost.
• ‘Lend us the car, won’t you?’ ‘Get lost!’
12. to stop expecting to find somebody alive
13. to do something quickly or very often because you wish you had started doing it sooner
• I’ll have to work hard now to make up for lost time.
14. they do not like each other
• There's no love lost between her and her in-laws.