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 lossmaking oil rig builders have been whiplashed by years of oversupply, oil price volatility and a drop in new orders.
From Reuters • Apr. 28, 2022
“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
These non-postal services are what make it possible to contemplate listing a chunk of what otherwise would be a lossmaking delivery giant.
From Economist • Oct. 12, 2015
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