Lost
//lÉ’st//
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The word "lost" can be used as adjective, adjective, verb and noun.
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I lost my backpack I lost my bag I lost my glasses I lost my handbag I lost my keys I lost my wallet I'm lost I've lost my keys Lost Creek Lostaway Ten Lost Tribes all is not lost be lost to the four winds get lost he who hesitates is lost long lost long-lost look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence lost and found lost articles lost cause lost decade lost errand lost for words lost generation lost ground lost highway lost in action lost in the sauce lost in the shuffle lost in thought lost in time lost in translation lost media lost motion lost neutral lost on lost property lost river lost shark lost sheep lost soul lost to history lost to the world lost to time lost wages lost wax lost weekend lost with all hands lost world lost-wax casting lost-wax process lostling lostness make up for lost time no love lost one who hesitates is lost unlost
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confiscate confiscate cursed curst damned destroyed destroyed doomed forfeit forfeited hopeless incomprehensible irrecoverable mislaid misplaced misplaced missing missing perplexed ruined squandered squandered stray stray straying straying thoughtful uncomprehensible unoriented unrecoverable unrecoverable unredeemed unredeemed unregenerate unregenerated unsaved wasted
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