
at a loss
[Middle English los, from Old English. See lose.]
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noun
Definition: misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost
Antonyms: accomplishment, achievement, fortune, success, win
Something (not a person) that loses; a situation in which something is losing. Emphatic forms include moby loss, and total loss, complete loss. Common interjections are “What a loss!” and “What a moby loss!” Note that moby loss is OK even though **moby loser is not used; applied to an abstract noun, moby is simply a magnifier, whereas when applied to a person it implies substance and has positive connotations. Compare lossage.
Diminution, reduction, depreciation, decrease in value; that which cannot be re- covered.
The term loss is a comprehensive one, and rela- tive, since it does not have a limited or absolute meaning. It has been used interchangeably with damage, deprivation, and injury.
In the law of insurance, a loss is the ascertained liability of the insurer, a decrease in value of resources, or an increase in liabilities. It refers to the monetary injury that results from the occurrence of the contingency for which the insurance was taken out.
Loss of earning capacity is an injury to an individual's ability to earn wages at a future time and may be recovered as an element of damages in a tort case.
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Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he "lost his election"; and of that eminent man, the poet Gilder, that he has "lost his mind." It is in the former and more legitimate sense, that the word is used in the famous epitaph:
Here Huntington's ashes long have lain
Whose loss is our eternal gain,
For while he exercised all his powers
Whatever he gained, the loss was ours.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tab, fortabelse, spild, forkastelse, skade, skadesbeløb
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Nederlands (Dutch)
verlies, teloorgang, gemis, ondergang, wrak, derving, nadeel, schade, vermindering
Français (French)
n. - (gén, Comm, Fin, Pol) perte(s), victime(s), interruption (son, TV), perplexité, confusion
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απώλεια, χάσιμο, χασούρα, οικονομική ζημία
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Italiano (Italian)
perdita, rovina, caduta
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - perda (f), privação (f), extravio (m), desperdício (m), prejuízo (m), baixas (f pl)
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Русский (Russian)
потеря, гибель, проигрыш, убыток
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Español (Spanish)
n. - pérdida, carencia, extravío, ruina, declinación, perdición, derrota, daño, perjuicio, caída
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förlust, skada, (sjö.) förlisning, undergång, förlorande, mistande, (försäkr.) skada, skadebelopp, skadesumma
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
损失, 失败, 遗失
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 損失, 失敗, 遺失
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 잃음, 분실, 파괴, 손해, 낭비, 사고
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日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 失うこと, 喪失, 損害, 損失, 損失額, 減少, 敗北
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) خسران, فقدان, شخص أو شئ أو مقدار يخسر, خسارة, نقص في المقدار أو الحجم أو الدرجه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - איבוד, הפסד, אבידה