Lost Generation

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Lost Generation

n (sometimes not capitals)

1. (Historical Terms) the large number of talented young men killed in World War I

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Movements) the generation of writers, esp American authors such as Scott Fitzgerald and Hemingway, active after World War I

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cursed damned destroyed doomed Dos Passos literature lost ruined saved unredeemed unregenerate unregenerated unsaved			Peter Coy I have no sympathy for those in a lost generation that have had everything handed to them on a platter and [now] have to start a job. YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT: NO GUMPTION--OR NO CHANCE? by Business Week / BusinessWeek MAJOR initiatives aimed at reversing Teesside's higher-than-average number of young people not in employment, education or training - the so-called growing lost generation of NEETs - will be rolled out over the next few weeks. Initiative aims to buck youth job trend; BRIDGING THE SKILLS GAP by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) There are real dangers and social problems which could be caused if we have another lost generation of youth who never work. 'We cannot afford a lost generation' New warning over youth ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			losel Losenger Losengerie loser Losey losing losing streak losingest Losingly losings loss loss adjuster loss leader loss of consciousness loss ratio losses Lossful Lossless lossmaker lossmaking lossy lossy compression lost lost and found lost cause Lost Generation Lost motion lost property Lost River Range lost tribes lost-and-found lost-and-found department lost-property office Lot Lot's wife Lot-et-Garonne lota Lota lota Lotario di Segni Lote loth Lothair I Lothair II Lothario Lothian Region Lothians Lothringen loti lotic lotion Loto			lost count Lost Creek Neighborhood Association Lost Creek State Park Lost Creek State Recreation Site Lost Dauphin Lost Descendant Lost Desert Scratchcard Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation Lost Dungeons of Norrath Lost Dutchman State Park Lost Dutchman's Mining Association Lost face Lost face Lost face Lost face Lost Failed lost figure lost figure lost figure lost figure lost figure lost flesh lost flesh lost flesh Lost foam casting Lost Footing, Couldn't Self-Arrest, Fell to Death Lost for Words Lost for Words Lost Forest Racquet Club Lost Forty Lost Generation lost generations lost generations Lost Genre Guild lost grip lost grip lost grip lost grip lost ground lost ground lost ground lost ground Lost Harvesting Opportunity lost head lost head lost head lost head lost heart lost heart lost heart lost heart lost height lost height lost height Lost Hills Water District Lost Himalayan City lost hole Lost Horizon Lost House Archive Club lost in Lost In a Sea of Parentheses :-)

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