Idiom
lost in the shuffle
Meaning
Failing to stand out or receive attention as a result of a larger-scale change or transformation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My application got lost in the shuffle.”
“During the company merger, many small projects were lost in the shuffle and never finished.”
“While the department focused on the massive restructuring, the needs of the individual employees were unfortunately lost in the shuffle.”
Examples
simple
“My application got lost in the shuffle.”
contextual
“During the company merger, many small projects were lost in the shuffle and never finished.”
complex
“While the department focused on the massive restructuring, the needs of the individual employees were unfortunately lost in the shuffle.”
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