"lost case" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which someone has given up hope of success, or when a case or issue has gone unresolved. For example, "The family had given up on finding their missing relative, believing it to be a lost case."
"By coming here, at this moment in time, Hollande sends a very important message to markets and EU states that Greece is not a lost case and will make it," one official in the tripartite coalition government told me.
The division of the service began in June, ahead of the appointment of the new contractors, and there have been allegations that the re-organisation caused IT failures, lost case files, difficulties finding information, and offenders allocated to the wrong part of the new system, leading to warnings that the split is a danger to public safety.
Since 2002, state and local officials have spent more than $160,000 in legal fees, having lost case after case to the American Civil Liberties Union for posting the Ten Commandments in public buildings, and they still owe $400,000 for a 2005 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that such displays should be removed.
Comparing ourselves to others is already a lost case - you are so very unique in your own makeup, history and purpose that comparison is a pure and utter waste of your energy.
Construct state nouns lost case vowels at an early period (similar to Akkadian), as shown by the reflexes of */ɬadaju/ (שָֹדֶה in absolute but שְׂדֵה in construct) and the reflexes of */jadu/ ( and ) However forms like יָדֵ֫נוּ show that this was not yet a feature of Proto-Hebrew.
-- Barack Obama also lost cases in the courts, including on immigration.
And in some places, I would say that some countries are lost cases, I would say.
Another common problem was the lack of allocation concealment, proper blinding, and the reporting of lost cases and dropouts.
Pupils in several countries have lost cases after schools insisted they remove head scarves.
The city initiated the investigation two years ago after media reports about more than 100 lost cases.
They think we can do miracles so they bring lost cases," said one staffer.
