Noun

(en noun)

Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

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That which causes injury, damage, or loss.

* (William Shakespeare)

We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms .

Noun

(es)

an instance of losing, such as a defeat

The match ended in their first loss of the season.

The result of an alteration in a function or characteristic of the body, or of its previous integrity.

Loss of an arm ; loss of weight ; loss of cognitive functions ; loss of appetite.

the hurtful condition of having lost something or someone

We mourn his loss .

(in the plural) casualties, especially physically eliminated victims of violent conflict

The battle was won, but losses were great.

(financial) the sum an entity loses on balance

''The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss , when this difference is positive.

destruction, ruin

''It was a terrible crash: both cars were total losses

(engineering) electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work

The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss''' before the subsequent ' losses during transport over the grid