Our campaign to have the new party on the ballot was a lost cause.
•Todd gave it up as a lost cause.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
lost cause — lost causes N COUNT If you refer to something or someone as a lost cause, you mean that people s attempts to change or influence them have no chance of succeeding. They do not want to expend energy in what, to them, is a lost cause … English dictionary
lost cause — noun count someone or something that will never succeed or improve … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lost cause — ► NOUN ▪ a person or thing that can no longer hope to succeed or be changed for the better … English terms dictionary
lost cause — n. an undertaking or movement that has failed or is certain to fail … English World dictionary
lost cause — noun a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable • Hypernyms: ↑campaign, ↑cause, ↑crusade, ↑drive, ↑movement, ↑effort * * * noun : a cause that has lost all prospect of success lost cause of the S … Useful english dictionary
lost cause — {n. phr.} A movement that has failed and has no chance to be revived. * /Communism in Eastern Europe has become a lost cause./ … Dictionary of American idioms
lost cause — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms lost cause : singular lost cause plural lost causes someone or something that will never succeed or improve … English dictionary
lost cause — n. a hopeless or worthless thing or person. □ The whole play began to wash out during the second act. It was a lost cause by the third. □ Bart is just a lost cause. Just forget about him … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
lost cause — noun A cause, attempt, or effort that is hopeless or futile. He has already made up his mind, and its a lost cause to try to change it … Wiktionary
lost\ cause — n. phr. A movement that has failed and has no chance to be revived. Communism in Eastern Europe has become a lost cause … Словарь американских идиом
