āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
dead loss
/dËÉd lËÉs/
Dead loss
01
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨āĻļā§āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ
a situation or activity that is not productive
Disapproving
Idiom
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The project was a dead loss from the beginning, with no clear goals or direction.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻāĨ¤
02
āĻŽā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻ āĻā§āĻā§
someone who accomplishes nothing or is of no use
Dialect
British
British
Disapproving
Idiom
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The new employee was a dead loss, unable to learn the necessary skills or contribute to the team.
āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¤āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻž āĻļā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
