Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

loss-making

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables
loss--mak-ing
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Making financial losses.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more loss-making (comparative) most loss-making (superlative) lossmaking (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

lossmaker

Synonyms

unprofitable

Antonyms

profitable lucrative profitmaking

Questions

What does loss-making mean?
Making financial losses.

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