[f. LOST ppl. a. + -NESS.] The condition or state of being lost.
1728. P. Walker, Life Peden (1827), 133. An enlightened believing Soul, that sees its Lostness, and Need of Christ.
1839. Bailey, Festus (1852), 195. The desolation of the soul … A sense of lostness that leaves death But little to reveal.
1892. Punch, 23 May, 246/1. My feeling of lostness is utter.
