What is another word for lost causes?

Pronunciation: [lˈɒst kˈɔːzɪz] (IPA)

When it comes to talking about hopeless situations, the term "lost causes" is a common phrase we use. However, there are many other synonyms that can be used in place of lost causes such as "desperate situations," "hopeless cases," "futile endeavors," "lost battles," "forlorn causes," and "dead-end pursuits." These terms describe situations where the end result seems negative, and there appears to be no way to turn things around. Using different words can help portray the situation differently and create more impactful writing or speech. Whether the situation is grim or not, there is always a way to look at it from a new perspective.

What are the hypernyms for Lost causes?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    fool's errand, Desperate Endeavors, Forlorn Hopes, Futile Efforts, Hopeless Situations.

Famous quotes with Lost causes

  • Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties!
    Matthew Arnold
  • Steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling us nearer to the true goal of all of us, to the ideal, to perfection, — to beauty, in a word, which is only truth seen from another side? — nearer, perhaps, than all the science of Tübingen. Adorable dreamer, whose heart has been so romantic who hast given thyself so prodigally, given thyself to sides and to heroes not mine, only never to the Philistines! home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties!
    Matthew Arnold
  • Elaine Kendall of the calls Dershowitz "the attorney of last resort for the desperate and despised, counselor for lost causes and forlorn hopes."
    Alan Dershowitz

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