Lost
Lost adjective - No longer possessed.
Written off and lost are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Written off" instead an adjective "Lost".
Nearby Word: losing
Written off
Lost and written off are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lost" instead an adjective phrase "Written off".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Sending another expedition was too expensive, and the colonists were written off as lost.
Source: Lost Colony - In Kamen Rider Gaim, a human is turned into a monster and, unlike other men-turned-monsters in the franchise, is not returned to normal but instead written off as a lost cause by the antagonists and killed.
Source: Gut Punch
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