Adjective

(en-adj)

Abandoned, left behind, deserted.

* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn .

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Some say that ravens foster forlorn children.

Miserable, as when lonely being abandoned.

* (Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)

For here forlorn and lost I tread.

* (1796-1859)

The condition of the besieged in the mean time was forlorn in the extreme.

* (Mowbray Thomson) (1832-1917)

She cherished the forlorn hope that he was still living in captivity

*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}

Adjective

(en adjective)

Incapable of producing results; useless; not successful; not worth attempting.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or

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*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 15, author=Marc Higginson, work=BBC Sport

, title= Shamrock Rovers 0-4 Tottenham , passage=Goals from Steven Pienaar, Andros Townsend, Jermain Defoe and Harry Kane sealed the win, but Rubin Kazan's 1-1 draw against PAOK Salonika rendered Spurs' efforts futile .}}