loss

Definition for loss

noun as in misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost

Strongest matches

accident, casualty, catastrophe, cost, damage, debt, defeat, deficit, destruction, disaster, failure, fall, injury, markdown, trouble

Strong matches

bereavement, calamity, cataclysm, death, debit, deficiency, depletion, deprivation, destitution, detriment, disadvantage, disappearance, dispossession, fatality, forfeiture, harm, hurt, impairment, misadventure, mishap, need, perdition, privation, retardation, ruin, sacrifice, shrinkage, squandering, trial, undoing, want, waste, wreckage

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bad luck, losing, mislaying, misplacing

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The aristocrat who still mourns the “loss” of India, who shields his crimes and dirty laundry beneath the Official Secrets Act.

From Los Angeles Times

Wales host the Springboks on the back of a comprehensive defeat against Australia and a first home loss to Fiji.

From BBC

The loss of this balanced skin microbiota can lead to diseases such as atopic dermatitis, acne, and psoriasis.

From Science Daily

"As we age, we seem to metabolize a molecule known as NAD. The loss of this molecule is also seen after DNA damage, for instance the type of damage associated with smoking," Morten Scheibye-Knudsen says.

From Science Daily

The fishing practices, including trawling and the use of gill and seine nets, were shown to cause physical pressures such as abrasion, smothering, siltation and total habitat loss.

From Science Daily

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