lost cause

But he said that after moments of fighting the inferno, they knew it was a lost cause and a decision was made to abandon the ship.

Roger Diamond made a career out of challenging authority and championing lost causes — sometimes changing the law in the process.

Moreover, in what originally seemed like a lost cause, you have somehow managed to not only salvage but maintain and then incredibly, enhance the reputation of my principal in China.

Loyalty is a lost cause in this day and age.

“They’re looking at all this information and saying this is a lost cause.”