lost on

English

Adjective

lost on (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) not understood or appreciated by (someone)

   Those lessons were lost on him.

   • 2021 May 28, Sam Jones, Uki Goñi, “Bard timing: Argentinian TV reports death of Shakespeare after Covid jab”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Sadly, the distinction was lost on Novillo as she informed viewers of the playwright’s death during the 8-10pm slot on Thursday.

   • 2021 December 12, Karen Weise, Eric Berger, quoting Sharon Autenrieth, “At Amazon Site, Tornado Collided With Company’s Peak Delivery Season”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     “It’s not lost on me, Lord, that this was an Amazon warehouse, and I, like so many other people in this country, get irritated if I can’t get my Christmas gifts in three days from Amazon,” Sharon Autenrieth, the pastor, said during the service.

Further reading

• “lost on”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “be lost on”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Tolson, stolon