Synonyms for lost cause
lost cause

Princeton's WordNet

1. lost causenoun

   a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable

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1. Jeff Corwin:

   When you take something that is nearly gone and you bring it to that point of recovery, it's evidence that there's an opportunity to do that and to do that with other species versus kind of brushing the hands and saying, ‘Well, let’s wipe away that lost cause,' what we see is inspiration and motivation to apply that method of recovery to other species.

2. One Western diplomat in Ankara:

   People are realising more and more that Russia is a lost cause and that we need to find more allies to the east and south. Turkey is number one, russia is drawing Turkey into its orbit, and if it's not stopped now, then it may be too late.

3. Ralph Northam:

   The past 18 months have seen historic change, from the pandemic to protests for racial justice that led to the removal of these monuments to a lost cause, it is fitting that we replace the old time capsule with a new one that tells that story.

4. Levar Stoney:

   Jefferson Davis was a racist traitor who fled our city as Jefferson Davis troops carried out orders to burn it to the ground, jefferson Davis never deserved to be up on that pedestal. July 1, we will begin the process the state requires to remove these monuments to the Old Richmond of a Lost Cause.

5. Ray Lucas:

   The house didn't burn all the way down, but it's a lost cause. Everyone's possessions were gone from smoke damage or flames.