at a loss
Example Sentences
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It is also working to improve the performance of its coated-products business, the second-largest metal painter in the country, which has been running at a loss.
Tunde Olawoye is not alone in struggling, with pharmacists around Wales saying their costs have "gone through the roof", and they are now selling items such as aspirin at a loss.
From BBC
Traders are at a loss to find buyers for all these idle barrels, especially given the ample supply of oil in global markets.
"They told me that their business had been running at a loss for the last five or six years and I asked them, 'so how can I help you?',"
From BBC
“I have never in my life been at a loss for words.”
From Literature
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