Another word for loss
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Noun
The act or an instance of losing something
- Failing to win, as in a sport or game:
- Of or relating to one that fails to win:
- The act of one that loses; loss.
See also:The condition of being deprived of what one once had or ought to have
- Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life:
- An act, condition, or result of deprivation or loss:
- The condition of being without a specified quality or attribute:
- An act of divesting.
- The sale, liquidation, or spinoff of a corporate division or subsidiary.
- The act of removing someone from a tenancy in, or the possession of, real property. The act of removing someone from a tenancy in, or the possession of, real property.
- The act or an instance of depriving; loss.
- The condition of being deprived; privation.
- A removal of rank or office.
- Deprivation.
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Another word for loss
Noun
The act or fact of losing
- Present participle of mislay.
- Present participle of misplace.
- The condition or fact of not achieving the desired end or ends:
- One that fails:
- The condition or fact of being insufficient or falling short:
- A proceeding in which opposing parties in a dispute present evidence and make arguments on the application of the law before a judge or jury:
- An instance of such a proceeding:
- The act or process of testing, trying, or putting to the proof:
- A violent upheaval that causes great destruction or brings about a fundamental change.
- A violent and sudden change in the earth's crust.
- A devastating flood.
- A great, often sudden calamity.
- A complete failure; a fiasco:
- The concluding action of a drama, especially a classical tragedy, following the climax and containing a resolution of the plot.
- The act of offering something to a deity in propitiation or homage, especially the ritual slaughter of an animal or a person.
- A victim offered in this way.
- The act of giving up something highly valued for the sake of something else considered to have a greater value or claim:
- The act of dying; termination of life.
- The state of being dead.
- The cause of dying:
- An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a catastrophe.
- A grave misfortune.
- A total failure:
- A state of distress, affliction, difficulty, or need:
- A distressing or difficult circumstance or situation:
- A cause or source of distress, disturbance, or difficulty:
- An event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; a disaster:
- Dire distress resulting from loss or tragedy.
- An unexpected and undesirable event, especially one resulting in damage or harm:
- An unforeseen event that is not the result of intention or has no apparent cause:
- An instance of involuntary urination or defecation.
- Alternative form of ill luck.
- Bad luck; misluck; misfortune.
- An instance of misfortune; a mishap.
- The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death
- Present participle of give up.
- The act of surrendering something as a forfeit.
- A loss of property to penalize a failure to act in accordance with a legal requirement.
- Bad fortune or ill luck.
- The condition resulting from bad fortune or ill luck:
- A distressing occurrence:
- An unfortunate accident.
- Bad luck.
- Loss of the soul; eternal damnation.
- Hell:
- Utter ruin.
- The act or process of destroying:
- The condition of having been destroyed:
- The cause or means of destroying:
- The state of being physically destroyed, collapsed, or decayed:
- The state of being extensively harmed or damaged:
- Poverty of bankruptcy:
Damage suffered by loss, sense 1
- An injury to an organism, especially one in which the skin or another external surface is torn, pierced, cut, or otherwise broken.
- An injury to the feelings.
- To inflict wounds or a wound on.
- Damage or harm done to or suffered by a person or thing:
- A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss:
- Violation of the rights of another party for which legal redress is available.
- To cause physical damage or pain to (an individual or a body part); injure:
- To experience injury or pain to or in (an individual or a body part):
- To cause mental or emotional suffering to; distress:
See also:The result of unprofitable activity
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