Thesaurus: lost

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1. v. t. Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.
2. v. t. Parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb; lost honor.
3. v. t. Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit.
4. v. t. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods; a stranger lost in London.
5. v. t. 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.
6. v. t. Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor.
7. v. t. Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; as, an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd.
8. v. t. Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things; as, to be lost in thought.
9. adj. no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
10. adj. having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
11. adj. spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed
12. adj. not gained or won