lost opportunity

NOUN

waste

Synonyms

STRONGEST

misuse

STRONG

decay desolation destruction devastation dilapidation dissipation disuse exhaustion expenditure extravagance fritter havoc improvidence lavishness loss misapplication overdoing prodigality ravage ruin squander squandering wastage wastefulness

WEAK

unthriftiness

Antonyms

STRONG

building construction creation development growth improvement

WEAK

hoarding possessions saving

Example Sentences

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Harvard-Westlake kept fighting and closing, but it was another lost opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Some of the math of lost opportunity cost also depends on what you do with the $10,000.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

Here is a lost opportunity of tragic scale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

"My heart goes out to them. I think it's a lost opportunity, and one that we really need to address," he says.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

The thought stirred her, but not for the usual reason of lost opportunity recalled.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez