lostness

English

From lost +‎ -ness.

lostness (countable and uncountable, plural lostnesses)

The fact or quality of being lost.
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 170:
  It came without warning, and she seemed to collapse on completely on the bed where she was sitting, with a lostness about her which startled me.
- 2009 February 8, Adam Kirsch, “Intimate Betrayals”, in New York Times‎:
  When a stranger comes to their door asking for someone named Shauntrelle, it’s like a demonstration of their lostness.

quality of being lost