lost 'cause
21lost cause — noun a person or thing that can no longer hope to succeed or be changed for the better …
22ˌlost ˈcause — noun [C] someone or something that will never succeed or improve …
23a lost cause — a goal or project that is not worth working for That video store is a lost cause. It has never made a profit …
24(a) lost cause — something or someone that has no chance of success. I tried to stop the kids dropping their clothes on the floor, but finally decided it was a lost cause …
25lost — (adj.) defeated, c.1300; wasted, spent in vain, c.1500; also no longer to be found (1520s), from pp. of LOSE (Cf. lose). Lost Cause in reference to the Southern U.S. bid for independence is from the title of E.A. Pollard s history of the CSA and… …
26lost — lost1 [lɔst US lo:st] v the past tense and past participle of ↑lose lost 2 lost2 W3S2 adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(cannot find your way)¦ 2¦(cannot be found)¦ 3¦(wasted)¦ 4 feel/be lost 5 Get lost! 6¦(not noticing)¦ …
27lost — 1 adjective 1 CANNOT BE FOUND something that is lost is something you had but cannot now find; missing: The lost file eventually turned up among Branson s papers. 2 CANNOT FIND YOUR WAY unable to find your way or not knowing where you are: Police …
28cause — I n. movement objective 1) to advance, champion, fight for, promote; serve a cause 2) to espouse, plead a cause 3) to take up a cause 4) a common; good, just, worthwhile, worthy cause (to make common cause with smb.) 5) a lost cause reason 6) to… …
29cause — 1 noun 1 WHAT CAUSES STH (C) a person, event, or thing that makes something happen (+ of): What was the cause of the accident? | The doctor had recorded the cause of death as heart failure. | root/underlying etc cause (=the basic cause): The root …
30cause — cause1 W1S2 [ko:z US ko:z] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin causa] 1.) a person, event, or thing that makes something happen →↑effect cause of ▪ Breast cancer is the leading cause of death for American women in their forties.… …
