Definition of "long-lost" []

• Having been missing or unknown for a protracted period of time. (adjective)

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• "The girl in the painting was still my long-lost twin."
• "The one person not around was Eddie—my long-lost half-brother."
• "Though they were simple office notes, to me they seemed like old letters from a long-lost love."