lost cause
lost cause · lost causes
безнадёга, безнадёжность
sinkendes Schiff
A person or thing that is hopeless or futileA person or thing that is hopeless or futile.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)A person or thing that is hopeless or futile.
He has already made up his mind, and it's a lost cause to try to change it.
безнадёгаbeznadjóga, безнадёжностьbeznadjóžnostʹ
More definitions
- a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable
Translations
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By meaning 1
person or thing that is hopeless or futile:
Forms
plural: lost causes| Singular | lost cause |
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