Lost - Definition

adj 1: no longer in your possession or control; unable to be
found or recovered; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his
lost book"; "lost opportunities" [ant: found]
2: 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" [syn: confused, disoriented,
lost]
3: spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls";
"a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon" [ant:
saved]
4: not gained or won; "a lost battle"; "a lost prize" [ant:
won]
5: incapable of being recovered or regained; "his lost honor"
6: not caught with the senses or the mind; "words lost in the
din" [syn: lost, missed]
7: 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" [syn: bemused,
deep in thought(p), lost(p), preoccupied]
8: 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" [syn: baffled,
befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,
confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea]
9: unable to function; without help [syn: helpless, lost]
n 1: people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the
doomed was in his voice" [syn: doomed, lost]