lossy

[ law-see, los-ee ]

/ ˈlɔ si, ˈlɒs i /

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adjective Electricity.

(of a material or transmission line) causing appreciable loss or dissipation of energy.

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Origin of lossy

First recorded in 1945–50; loss + -y¹

Words nearby lossy

loss leader, lossless, lossmaker, lossmaking, loss ratio, lossy, lost, lost and found, lost cause, Lost Colony, Los Teques

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How to use lossy in a sentence

Wi-Fi audio makes this particularly clear because it comes in higher fidelity than lossy Bluetooth broadcasts.
Tivoli Audio Model One Digital (Gen. 2) review: One and done?|Erin Behan|September 13, 2021|Popular-Science
Pro photographers typically shoot in raw because it maintains image data that’s outside the scope of what a lossy format like JPEG can handle.
Planning to buy an iPhone 12 Pro Max? You may want to brush up on your photography skills.|Stan Horaczek|October 14, 2020|Popular-Science
Which Buddy did as quick as a wink, and lossy-me and a pancake!
Buddy And Brighteyes Pigg|Howard R. Garis

British Dictionary definitions for lossy

lossy

/ (ˈlɒsɪ) /

adjective

(of a dielectric material, transmission line, etc) designed to have a high attenuation; dissipating energylossy line Compare lossless

Word Origin for lossy

C20: from loss

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