ALL meanings of at a loss
at a loss
A a - phrase at a loss If a business produces something at a loss, they sell it at a price which is less than it cost them to produce it or buy it. 3
- noun at a loss uncertain what to do; bewildered 3
- noun at a loss rendered helpless (for lack of something) 3
- noun at a loss at less than the cost of buying, producing, or maintaining (something) 3
- noun at a loss in an uncertain or perplexed state; puzzled 3
- noun at a loss so as to lose money 3
- noun at a loss not able to; uncertain how to 3
- noun at a loss a losing by defeat; failure to win: the loss of a bet. 1
- noun at a loss failure to make good use of something, as time; waste. 1
- noun at a loss failure to preserve or maintain: loss of engine speed at high altitudes. 1
- noun at a loss destruction or ruin: the loss of a ship by fire. 1
- noun at a loss a thing or a number of related things that are lost or destroyed to some extent: Most buildings in the burned district were a total loss. 1
- noun at a loss Military. the losing of soldiers by death, capture, etc. Often, losses. the number of soldiers so lost. 1
- noun at a loss Insurance. occurrence of an event, as death or damage of property, for which the insurer makes indemnity under the terms of a policy. 1
- noun at a loss Electricity. a measure of the power lost in a system, as by conversion to heat, expressed as a relation between power input and power output, as the ratio of or difference between the two quantities. 1
- idioms at a loss at a loss, at less than cost; at a financial loss. in a state of bewilderment or uncertainty; puzzled; perplexed: We are completely at a loss for an answer to the problem. 1
- adverb at a loss losing money 1
- adjective at a loss unable to understand 1
- noun at a loss detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery. 1
- noun at a loss something that is lost: The painting was the greatest loss from the robbery. 1
- noun at a loss an amount or number lost: The loss of life increased each day. 1
- noun at a loss the state of being deprived of or of being without something that one has had: the loss of old friends. 1
- noun at a loss death, or the fact of being dead: to mourn the loss of a grandparent. 1
- noun at a loss the accidental or inadvertent losing of something dropped, misplaced, stolen, etc.: to discover the loss of a document. 1
- preposition at a loss Below the cost or price of purchase. 0
- preposition at a loss (Idiomatic) Not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability. 0