Meanings
comparative more loss-making · superlative most loss-making · alternative lossmaking
- Making financial losses.
Near-synonym: unprofitable
1 more example
The briefing to the Board set out four areas where changes were proposed in the amount attributable to InterCity. Transferring loss-making services to Provincial and taking over Gatwick Express and London-Norwich gave a benefit of £14m.
2020 January 2, David Clough, “How InterCity came back from the brink”, in Rail, page 66Synonyms: unprofitable · Antonyms: profitable, lucrative, profitmaking
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Czech ztrátový
- ztrátovýmaking financial losses
Dutch verlieslatend
- verlieslatendmaking financial losses
Finnish tappiollinen, tappiota tekevä
- tappiollinenmaking financial losses
- tappiota tekevämaking financial losses
French déficitaire
- déficitairemaking financial losses
German verlustbringend, verlustmachend
- verlustbringendmaking financial losses
- verlustmachendmaking financial losses
- defizitärmaking financial losses
Hindi लाभहीन
- लाभहीन (lābhhīn)making financial losses
Hungarian veszteséges
- veszteségesmaking financial losses
Italian in perdita
- in perditamaking financial losses
Polish deficytowy
- deficytowymaking financial losses
Russian убы́точный
- убы́точный (ubýtočnyj)making financial losses
Spanish deficitario
- deficitariomaking financial losses
Ukrainian збитко́вий
- збитко́вий (zbytkóvyj)making financial losses
Cite this entry
loss-making. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loss-making
“loss-making.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loss-making. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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