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What is a lost cause?

What is a lost cause? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic) A cause, attempt, or effort that is hopeless or futile.
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Four goals down with 20 minutes to go, Jock Nugent's side looked to be fighting a lost cause.
In the local school system I was branded a loser, a lost cause, and encouraged to drop out.
At present it feels like a lost cause, and the SNP seems directionless, ennuied and underachieving.
If, like death and taxes, people tolerate you because they are stuck with you, you're a lost cause.
No area can be taken for granted or written off as a lost cause, and there are incentives to build further support to win more seats.
Cork made four substitutions at half time and that resulted in an improvement, but they were still fighting a lost cause.

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