lost cause

lost cause

n

a cause with no chance of success

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lost cause - a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"

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Translations

lost cause

n → causa persa

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