Idiom
dead loss
Meaning
An absolute or total loss.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That broken old computer is a dead loss.”
“We tried to fix the leaky roof ourselves, but it was a dead loss, so we called a professional.”
“The entire project proved to be a dead loss, as the team failed to account for the shifting market conditions.”
Examples
simple
“That broken old computer is a dead loss.”
contextual
“We tried to fix the leaky roof ourselves, but it was a dead loss, so we called a professional.”
complex
“The entire project proved to be a dead loss, as the team failed to account for the shifting market conditions.”
Key words
Related idioms
- Updated