Lose-lose
"Lose-lose" in a Sentence (3 examples)
It's a lose-lose situation.
The argument was a lose-lose for everyone, and they all went to bed angry.
"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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