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dead loss
ˌdead ˈloss noun [S] INFORMAL
1 F0 an activity or process that is not at all effective or successful: » Yesterday's meeting was a dead loss - nothing was decided.Thesaurus+: ↑Useless and futile2 F0 a person who is not successful or useful: » I was a dead loss at languages at school.» John was a dead loss - he just stood there and did nothing.Thesaurus+: ↑Failures , ↑Accidents and disasters , ↑Higher and lower points of achievement |