Are you trying to hyphenate lost? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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People who are destined to die soon The agony of the doomed was in his voice |
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Fail to keep or to maintain Cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat |
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Fail to win We lost the battle but we won the war |
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Suffer the loss of a person through death or removal She lost her husband in the war The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her |
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Place (something) where one cannot find it again I misplaced my eyeglasses |
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Miss from one's possessions Lose sight of I've lost my glasses again! |
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Allow to go out of sight The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light |
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Fail to make money in a business Make a loss or fail to profit I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment! The company turned a loss after the first year |
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Fail to get or obtain I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad |
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Retreat |
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Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind I missed that remark She missed his point We lost part of what he said |
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Be set at a disadvantage This author really suffers in translation |
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No longer in your possession or control Unable to be found or recovered A lost child Lost friends His lost book Lost opportunities |
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Having lost your bearings Confused as to time or place or personal identity I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway The anesthetic left her completely disoriented |
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Spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed Lost souls A lost generation A lost ship The lost platoon |
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Not gained or won A lost battle A lost prize |
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Incapable of being recovered or regained His lost honor |
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Not caught with the senses or the mind Words lost in the din |
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Deeply absorbed in thought As distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class Lost in thought A preoccupied frown |
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Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements Filled with bewilderment Obviously bemused by his questions Bewildered and confused A cloudy and confounded philosopher Just a mixed-up kid She felt lost on the first day of school |
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Unable to function Without help |