lost — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.

   Examples

   The children were soon lost in the forest.

2. In an unknown location; unable to be found.

   Examples

   Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.

3. Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.

   Examples

   an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd

4. Parted with; no longer held or possessed.

   Examples

   a lost limb; lost honour

5. Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.

   Examples

   a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit; no time should be lost

6. Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.

   Examples

   a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul

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   They struck me also as being of surpassing interest as representing, probably with studious accuracy, the last rites of the dead as practised among an utterly lost people, and even then I thought how envious some antiquarian friends of my own at Cambridge would be if ever I found an opportunity of describing these wonderful remains to them.

7. Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.

   Examples

   lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour

8. Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.

   Examples

   to be lost in thought

Adjective

1. no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

   Antonyms

   found

   Examples

   a lost child

   lost friends

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   his lost book

   lost opportunities

2. having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity

   Synonyms

   confuseddisoriented

   Examples

   I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway

   the anesthetic left her completely disoriented

3. spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed

   Antonyms

   saved

   Examples

   lost souls

   a lost generation

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   a lost ship

   the lost platoon

4. not gained or won

   Antonyms

   won

   Examples

   a lost battle

   a lost prize

5. cannot be recovered or regained

   Examples

   his lost honor

6. not caught with the senses or the mind

   Synonyms

   missed

   Examples

   words lost in the din

7. deeply absorbed in thought

   Synonyms

   bemusedpreoccupied

   Examples

   as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class

   lost in thought

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   a preoccupied frown

8. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment

   Synonyms

   baffledbefuddledbemusedbewilderedconfoundedconfusedmazedmixed-upat sea

   Examples

   obviously bemused by his questions

   bewildered and confused

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   a cloudy and confounded philosopher

   just a mixed-up kid

   she felt lost on the first day of school

9. unable to function; without help

   Synonyms

   helpless

Noun

1. people who are destined to die soon

   Synonyms

   doomed

   Broader terms

   people

   Examples

   the agony of the doomed was in his voice