lost cause
Example Sentences
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They were comfortable confiding in one another to the point of calling the war “already a lost cause for Germany,” as Kiep put it.
The season is far from a lost cause.
From BBC
He tried, moving trash cans and nudging back, then reluctantly concluding it was a lost cause.
Between that lost cause and all the attention the left has managed to focus on how broken ObamaCare is in general, you might think that a good day to bail out.
Red Bull's Verstappen has turned a seemingly lost cause into a thrilling late, if unexpected, charge for a fifth title.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
