lost to history in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more lost to history",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most lost to history",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
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      },
      "expansion": "lost to history (not generally comparable, comparative more lost to history, superlative most lost to history)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The enormous collection of manuscripts from the Library of Alexandria is lost to history.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Writings, objects, or knowledge from the past that no longer exist."
      ],
      "id": "en-lost_to_history-en-adj-GmAsqA6K",
      "qualifier": "anything once known; now permanently unknown; anything once known; now permanently unknown",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anything once known, now permanently unknown) Writings, objects, or knowledge from the past that no longer exist."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "lost to the world"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lost to history"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more lost to history",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most lost to history",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "more"
      },
      "expansion": "lost to history (not generally comparable, comparative more lost to history, superlative most lost to history)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lost to the world"
    }
  ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The enormous collection of manuscripts from the Library of Alexandria is lost to history.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Writings, objects, or knowledge from the past that no longer exist."
      ],
      "qualifier": "anything once known; now permanently unknown; anything once known; now permanently unknown",
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        "(anything once known, now permanently unknown) Writings, objects, or knowledge from the past that no longer exist."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "lost to history"
}

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"lost to history" meaning in English

Adjective