lost on
idiom
: not appreciated or understood by (someone)
The jokes were lost on me.
The meaning of her sarcastic remark wasn't lost on him.
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Of course, the swiftness of their extreme feelings were not lost on them.
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Danielle Jennings, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
But aside from this noisy exception, it is not lost on the United States’ European allies that Trump called on them to take hard power and burden sharing more seriously.
—Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
The irony of viewing me as a scold is completely lost on them.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024
Douglas County Search and Rescue crews reunited a 10-year-old ATV rider with his family Sunday after the boy got lost on a mountain range, rescue officials said.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2024
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Danielle Jennings, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
But aside from this noisy exception, it is not lost on the United States’ European allies that Trump called on them to take hard power and burden sharing more seriously.
—Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
The irony of viewing me as a scold is completely lost on them.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024
Douglas County Search and Rescue crews reunited a 10-year-old ATV rider with his family Sunday after the boy got lost on a mountain range, rescue officials said.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Lost on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lost%20on. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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