LOST CAUSE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lost cause" is a kind of...):

campaign; cause; crusade; drive; effort; movement (a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end)

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