years lost
Life cut short
Years lost measures time subtracted from expected lifespan, typically due to premature death, disability, or incarceration.
Public health researchers calculate years lost to quantify the burden of diseases or risky behaviors: Smoking accounts for millions of years lost annually.
The phrase also appears in personal reflection on wasted time: I'll never get back those years lost to addiction.
- regretSorrow over past actions
- wastedUsed without good result
- squanderedCarelessly used up
- misspentUsed badly or foolishly
- youthState of being immature
glory days · decades · aging · mortality · ticking clock · grieving · longing · nostalgia · hindsight · opportunities · chances · prison · life sentence · time served · illness · addiction · recovery · stolen
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance