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  • noun The quality of being lost

Etymologies

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lost +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Indeed, they hold out "Homeric polytheism" as a solution to the "lostness" of the contemporary world.

    The Gods Return Eric Ormsby 2010

  • A solution to the 'lostness' of the modern world—and a guide to reading literature.

    The Gods Return Eric Ormsby 2010

  • I'd be afraid of feeling disillusioned or disappointed once the halo of "lostness" had faded--and perhaps even more afraid that they'd feel the same about me.

    This Week's Poll Walter Jon Williams 2008

  • At face value, this woman's story is bound to cause a rise of sympathy -- what could be more beautiful than a woman who had experienced this kind of lostness to find herself restored to wholeness?

    Archive 2006-05-01 Heidi Hess Saxton 2006

  • At face value, this woman's story is bound to cause a rise of sympathy -- what could be more beautiful than a woman who had experienced this kind of lostness to find herself restored to wholeness?

    Is Domestic Violence Grounds for Divorce? Heidi Hess Saxton 2006

  • Southern Baptists on Tuesday overwhelmingly adopted major changes to tackle shrinking membership and to penetrate the "lostness" of the world.

    The Christian Post RSS Feed | Opinion 2010

  • It was about New York's anomie: its lostness and confusion including my own in the time of the big exodus to the suburbs.

    Barbara Probst Solomon: Larry Rivers After Crossing His Delaware Barbara Probst Solomon 2011

  • That part of the book is supposed to be living enough to be realistic, but it's also supposed to stand for a response to lostness and what you do when the things you thought were going to make you OK, don't.

    intertribal: escapism as a luxury intertribal 2010

  • In the Sabbath, we are not faced with lostness and emptiness, but with found-ness and renewal.

    Preachers of the Future: Three Sermons From Young Christians Bryan Maygers 2011

  • It was about New York's anomie: its lostness and confusion including my own in the time of the big exodus to the suburbs.

    Barbara Probst Solomon: Larry Rivers After Crossing His Delaware Barbara Probst Solomon 2011

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