lossmaking
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Among the lossmaking wagers some suspect: bets that diesel prices would rise relative to jet fuel and that Dubai crude would fall in price compared with benchmark Brent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
So money is fleeing from software—a sector populated by public companies with traditionally high margins and deep moats—to AI model providers, an area dominated by lossmaking private companies engaged in cut-throat competition.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
“The last time a fast-growing, lossmaking tech company tried this hard to persuade Wall Street to judge it by its own measure of profits, things didn’t end well,” the FT’s Richard Waters writes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2019
Security in Nigeria continued to be "challenging", he said, U.S. operations remained lossmaking, and currency factors in Australia had worked against the company.
From Reuters ● Jan. 21, 2014
Almost all of that will be explained by lossmaking investments in carmakers—General Motors, Chrysler and their financing arms—and AIG, and by subsidies to homeowners to help modify their mortgages.
From Economist ● Jan. 14, 2010
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