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Lost means missing or unable to be found or it can mean something that was wasted or not used in a valuable way. (adjective)
- An example of lost used as an adjective is lost money which means money that has vanished due to a bad investment.
- An example of lost used as an adjective is a lost opportunity which means a promising chance that someone didn't take.
Lost is the past tense of to lose. (verb)
An example of to have lost something is to have misplaced the car keys.
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