lose-lose
Example Sentences
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That has “put the Treasury into a lose-lose situation with these buybacks,” said Leah Traub, a fixed-income portfolio manager at Lord Abbett.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Alex Vatanka, another senior fellow from the Middle East Institute, summed up the situation, describing it as a "lose-lose equation" in which "neither side is benefiting."
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
"I can't believe in the long term there will be a schism because it would be a lose-lose for everybody," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
In the article, entitled “The Arithmetic of Active Management,” Sharpe showed that, while beating the market is a win-lose, zero-sum game before transaction costs, it is a lose-lose, negative-sum game after those costs.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
It was a lose-lose situation any way you looked at it.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
