Pyrrhic victory

//ˌpɪɹ.ɪk ˈvɪk.t(ə)ɹ.i//

"Pyrrhic victory" in a Sentence (2 examples)

Tough pensions regulation designed to protect employees in final-salary occupational schemes will prove a pyrrhic victory for unions and the government, a report warned yesterday.

We now know that it [the Six-Day War] was a Pyrrhic victory.

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