lost art
Forgotten practiced skill
A lost art is a skill or practice that was once common but has largely disappeared: Penmanship is becoming a lost art.
The phrase often carries nostalgia or mild lament, suggesting something valuable has faded from general knowledge.
It's frequently used with light irony for ordinary courtesies or habits: Apparently, using a turn signal is a lost art.
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- craftSkilled manual art
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
fading away · handwriting · calligraphy · apprentice · mastery · technique · bygone · obsolete · revival · heritage · passed down · folk wisdom · penmanship · needlework · preservation · wisdom · ancient · dying
- collectiblesbaseball cards, commemorative stamps, rare coins, mementos, rare stamps
- rarityrare, scarce, uncommon, infrequent, scant
- hidden treasuresgold nugget, treasure chest, buried treasure, diamond, ancient artifact
- lost thingsunclaimed baggage, unclaimed prize, abandoned property, stray cat, stray dog
- hidden assetshidden asset, hidden cache, hidden gem, secret stash, buried treasure