Definition of Lost cause

1. Noun. A defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable.

Generic synonyms: Campaign, Cause, Crusade, Drive, Effort, Movement

Definition of Lost cause

1. Noun. (idiomatic) A cause, attempt, or effort that is hopeless or futile. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lost Cause

lossier
lossiest
lossily
lossless
losslessly
losslessness
lossmaker
lossmakers
lossmaking
lossy
lost
lost(p)
lost-and-found
lost and found
lost and founds
lost cause (current term)
lost count
lost errand
lost errands
lost face
lost for words
lost in action
lost in the shuffle
lost in thought
lost it
lost properties
lost property
lost sheep
lost the plot
lost track

Literary usage of Lost cause

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"THE CHEVALIER OF THE lost cause From 'A Rebel's Recollections." Copyright by GP Putnam's Sons. By permission of the publishers. IN the great dining-hall of ..."

2. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1889)
"THE lost cause. SEVERE criticism is sometimes leveled against Northern men for keeping alive the issues of the War of the Rebellion. ..."

3. Stein and the Era of Reform in Prussia, 1807-1815 by Guy Stanton Ford (1922)
"CHAPTER X THE lost cause For Stein there was in the next two years, 1813-15, an unstinted measure of planning and laboring and hoping. ..."

4. A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration, 1865-1868 by John Townsend Trowbridge (1868)
"The most Noisy Supporters of the lost cause.—The Effect of .President Johnson's Course in stimulating this Hostility. — Review of his Course so far as it ..."

5. Through Cities and Prairie Lands: Sketches of an American Tour by Duffus Hardy (1881)
"... Brigands' Exploit—Picturesque Population—Mississippi River—Washington—The Capitol—Public Buildings—Society—A Monument to a lost cause—Mount Vemon. ..."

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