Lose-lose

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having only negative outcomes.

    ""It's a lose-lose situation. It can be turned into a win-win. We should be encouraging and supporting expensive bi-mode freight locomotives, especially where capacity is constrained."

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"The argument was a lose-lose for everyone, and they all went to bed angry."

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