lost in the shuffle
English
Adjective
lost in the shuffle (not comparable)
- Failing to stand out or receive attention as a result of a larger-scale change or transformation.
- 1975 Gil Scott-Heron, "Lost in the Shuffle," Ebony (July 1975), Vol. 30, No. 9, Johnson Publishing Company, p28
- We have allowed ourselves to be "lost in the shuffle" of American priorities in the '70s, but we should never lose sight of ourselves and our goals as our priorities.
- 1987 Robert Subby, Lost in the shuffle: the co-dependent reality, HCI, p39
- We get lost in the shuffle, and in the end we don't even know that we have needs - much less know what these needs might be.
- 1992 Michael G. Kalogerakis, Handbook of psychiatric practice in the juvenile court: the Workgroup on Psychiatric Practice in the Juvenile Court of the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychiatric Pub, p24
- In the occasional highly publicized case, then, the best interests of the child may be lost in the shuffle.
- 1975 Gil Scott-Heron, "Lost in the Shuffle," Ebony (July 1975), Vol. 30, No. 9, Johnson Publishing Company, p28
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