Slang

dead loss

This page is about the slang term dead loss

Meaning

a person or an activity that is not effective or successful

For example

  • The local council's "Fit in the Park" exercise program for overweight kids was a dead loss. By the second week, all the kids had dropped out.

  • The last guy I interviewed for the job was a dead loss. He stared at the floor and gave one-word answers to my questions.

Quick Quiz

Our company's board meeting was a dead loss because

a. we solved a lot of problems

b. we made some important decisions

c. we didn't resolve a single issue
a) we solved a lot of problems b) we made some important decisions c) we didn't resolve a single issue

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Contributor: Matt Errey