lost in the shuffle

phrase

US

: not noticed or given attention because there are many other people or things to consider or deal with

With six older kids, the baby sometimes is/gets lost in the shuffle.

Examples of lost in the shuffle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Such details tend to be lost in the shuffle of time – especially in those corners of America that were not directly affected by the 9/11 attacks. — Mike Kelly, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

One player whose contributions shouldn’t be lost in the shuffle on Friday night was outfielder Grant McCray, who entered as a pinch-runner in the bottom of the seventh. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 July 2026

Creating a space where female athletes can be studied, educated and treated in one place, Ackerman hopes to keep them from getting lost in the shuffle the way some of her prior patients have felt in the past. — Doha Madani, NBC news, 29 Jan. 2026

Willi Castro is an experienced, versatile player, but even he got lost in the shuffle after getting traded from the Minnesota Twins at last summer’s deadline. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for lost in the shuffle

• duffel
• duffle
• muffle
• ruffle
• scuffle
• truffle
• reshuffle