Definition
Failing to stand out or receive attention as a result of a larger-scale change or transformation.
In Context
- "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."
- "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."
- "That's the way things happen in AIDS Action. The Board makes a very clear mandate and then whatever the executive director and senior staff feel should happen is what actually happens...and the Board action gets lost in the shuffle."
- "In the occasional highly publicized case, then, the best interests of the child may be lost in the shuffle."