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dead loss

dead loss {n. phr.}

A total waste; a complete loss.

Our investment in Jack's company turned out to be a dead loss.

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[loss] See: [AT A LOSS], [THROW FOR A LOSS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[for a loss] See: [THROW FOR A LOSS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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