Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Detrimental; damaging.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Detrimental.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic Causing
loss ordamage ;harmful . - adjective telecommunications, computing
Lossy ; involving loss of information.
Etymologies
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loss + -ful
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Examples
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An example of how lossful not choosing the most efficient solution is.
Saving Jobs from Outsourcing, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But providers should not be performing lossful re-enc ...
ZDNet Australia 2010
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The world's an ark, wherein things pure and gross Present their lossful gain, and gainful loss,
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