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loss
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Definitions

  1. 1. loss
  2. 2. waste (e.g. of time)
  3. 3. feeling of loss
  4. 4. Los Angeles (abbr, p)
A loanword used to express a sense of loss, waste, or regret, often when something valuable is gone or underutilized. It can also refer to the city of Los Angeles in casual or abbreviated speech.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

If the defect rate drops, material loss will go down too.

Sentence 2

There's a lot of white space in this design — won't that lead to paper waste?

Sentence 3

He said he wants to work from home because commuting is a waste of time.

Sentence 4

If we leave this as is, the opportunity cost is only going to grow.

Sentence 5

Vegetables got buried in the back of the fridge and went bad — total food waste.