as in missing
no longer possessed
we searched all over the house for the lost keys
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as in missed
to be unable to find or have at hand
I always lose my keys
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as in dropped
to fail to win, gain, or obtain
if the team loses this game, they're out of the play-offs
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as in fell
to undergo defeat
she really hates to lose at anything, and inevitably throws tantrums when it happens
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as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we told the recent grad to lose the flashy shirts and dress conservatively for the job interview
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as in spent
to use up carelessly
we lost a good hour while he tried to find his keys
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Recent Examples of lost
Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
While the room was compact in size, the plush, cloud-like double beds and iconic views more than made up for any lost space.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 10 June 2026
Big league teams trailing by at least eight runs in the eighth inning or later had lost 4,291 consecutive games since Cleveland stormed back from 10-2 down to beat Tampa Bay 11-10 on May 29, 2009, per Sportradar.
—CBS News, 10 June 2026
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Adjective
In that year in the United States the number of lost kids had dropped to just over two per hundred.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
While the room was compact in size, the plush, cloud-like double beds and iconic views more than made up for any lost space.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
Verb
Its revenue is $220 million higher than Barcelona, and its broadcast revenue for the 2024-25 season was $398 million, boosted by reaching the semifinals of the Club World Cup in 2025 (the team lost to Paris Saint-Germain).
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 10 June 2026
Big league teams trailing by at least eight runs in the eighth inning or later had lost 4,291 consecutive games since Cleveland stormed back from 10-2 down to beat Tampa Bay 11-10 on May 29, 2009, per Sportradar.
—CBS News, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lost
Adjective
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Kodi's adoption comes seven months after her beloved dog Mongo went missing.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
12 Dec. 2025
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Our family will forever have a missing piece.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
11 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Berrios had missed the entire postseason up to the World Series while recovering from an injury in the regular season.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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Edmonds missed the ensuing free throw, but Punch kept the possession alive by knocking the ball off of a North Texas player.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Dec. 2025
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Since the start of July, Tucker has hit just one home run while his season OPS has dropped 104 points.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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Swifties are no strangers to Easter eggs, and Taylor Swift might have just dropped some huge ones in her New Heights podcast appearance.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
18 Aug. 2025
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Haas wasn't sure what disease could have felled a buck so clearly in its prime.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
4 Dec. 2025
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Yet Christine’s fate took a devastating turn when her father died, her husband was felled by the plague a year later.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
4 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Not because Wyck is a Root repeat, but because the actor has spent four decades playing men who are overlooked, discarded, and possibly clinically depressed.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2026
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Iranian leaders, having twice been attacked while diplomacy was underway, will be deeply reluctant to make concessions that can be banked by Washington and then discarded.—
Ali Vaez,
Time,
15 June 2026
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Kylian Mbappe spent seven years at Paris Saint-Germain.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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Astrobotic, an aerospace startup based in Pittsburgh, has spent years developing its own moon power solution, called LunaGrid.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
11 Dec. 2025
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Room by room, the author takes us through the house, now long gone.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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Retaining Hall, 39, keeps one familiar face from Dart’s rookie year on the offensive side of the building for his second NFL season, with Brian Daboll, Mike Kafka and Shea Tierney all long gone.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
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But in an era that fears formality, Miss Manners thanks you for keeping alive the notion that informality can still be misplaced.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
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Avoid anything with a lot of parts and pieces that the original owners could have potentially misplaced.—
Heather Bien,
Martha Stewart,
7 June 2026
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“Lost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lost. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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