"long-lost" meaning in English

See long-lost in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: long lost [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} long-lost (not comparable)
  1. Having been missing or unknown for a long period of time. Tags: not-comparable Translations (having been missing for a long period of time): 長久不見的 /长久不见的 (chángjiǔ bùjiàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), kauan kaivattu (Finnish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "text": "My long-lost brother showed up, borrowed money and vanished again.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having been missing or unknown for a long period of time."
      ],
      "id": "en-long-lost-en-adj-COLENys5",
      "links": [
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          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ],
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chángjiǔ bùjiàn de",
          "sense": "having been missing for a long period of time",
          "word": "長久不見的 /长久不见的"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having been missing for a long period of time",
          "word": "kauan kaivattu"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "long-lost"
}
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
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      "word": "長久不見的 /长久不见的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having been missing for a long period of time",
      "word": "kauan kaivattu"
    }
  ],
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}

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