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a lost cause
unlikely to improve or succeed
A lost cause is a person or thing that seems very unlikely to improve or succeed.
Hear it in real life
Have you tried to fix that old laptop?
Yes, but it is a lost cause.
I was a lost cause in the kitchen until I started following simple recipes.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: He is ‸ lost cause.
Say: He is a lost cause.
Use the fixed article "a" before "lost cause" when describing one person or thing.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be a lost cause; seem like a lost cause
Your turn: say it out loud
I was a lost cause in the kitchen until I started following simple recipes.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
a lost cause
unlikely to improve or succeed
“I was a lost cause in the kitchen until I started following simple recipes.”
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