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long-lost

long-lost adjective: having been missing or unknown for a long period of time.

Adjective

long-lost (not comparable)

  1. Having been missing or unknown for a long period of time.
    • My long-lost brother showed up, borrowed money and vanished again.

Forms of long-lost

alternative formlong lost

Questions about long-lost

What does long-lost mean?
Long-lost means having been missing or unknown for a long period of time.
What part of speech is long-lost?
Long-lost is an adjective.

Words near long-lost in the dictionary

  1. long-lining
  2. long-lived
  3. long-livedness
  4. long-living
  5. long-locked
  6. long-lost
  7. long-minded
  8. long-mindedness
  9. long-neck
  10. long-necked
  11. long-necks

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