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Discover LudwigThe phrase "Lost cause" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a situation or effort that is hopeless or unlikely to succeed. Example: "After years of trying to change his mind, I finally realized that convincing him was a lost cause."
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Lost cause
noun
A cause, attempt, or effort that is hopeless or futile.
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Lost cause?
Lost cause Good news and bad for lovers of epic poetry.
And was Congress such a lost cause?
But a lost cause, clearly.
Nothing is a lost cause with Vardy.
I also liked OLD TIMER and LOST CAUSE.
Sympathizers of that "lost cause" have risen up in response.
So are these canvassers pursuing a lost cause?
Survival no longer looks such a lost cause, possibly.
This is a lost cause, and you know it.
He had seemed a lost cause for reëlection.
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