Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic A possession or financial commitment that creates substantial ongoing expenses, especially one whose costs are considered to be unsustainable.
- n. sometimes capitalized Long-standing nickname of a complicated, seemingly man-made excavation on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada, rumored to contain pirate treasure and which has been repeatedly and unsuccessfully probed at great expense.
Examples
“The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence was NASA's most abysmal money pit ever.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘money pit’.
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Words about old houses
creaky, location-location..., lead paint, drafty, character, money pit, spiders, crooked, musty, rickety, dilapidated, Weathered and 30 more...
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myth's list
dead as a doornail, adianoeta, pop'rin pear, open-arse, poperin pear, wall to wall, wind-drunk, schloss, oupire, grief tourist, polyandrist, polygynist and 7 more...
Tweets
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dontcry agreed Nov 12, 2009
myth This is, unfortunately, not a pit filled with money. May 4, 2009