lossful

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adjective

Causing loss or damage; harmful.

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Meanings

adjectivelossful (comparative more lossful, superlative most lossful)

comparative more lossful · superlative most lossful

  1. archaicCausing loss or damage; harmful.

    Sing on, thou virgin soul, whose lossful gain / Thy love-sick parents have bewail'd in vain...

    1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World
  2. communicationsLossy; involving loss of information.

    Thresholding and neighborhood definition are further lossful transformations which make details of the original application data virtually unrecoverable.

    2008, Edward Szewczak, Selected Readings on the Human Side of Information Technology

Origin

From loss + -ful.

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APA

lossful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lossful

MLA

“lossful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lossful. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lossful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lossful.

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