Adjective
loss-making (comparative more loss-making, superlative most loss-making)
Making financial losses.
Near-synonym: unprofitable
Antonyms: profitable, lucrative, profitmaking
He also said Uber would accelerate growth at its loss-making food delivery business, Uber Eats, to become the top player in most of its worldwide markets, eventually increasing the segment’s margins, which are currently a drag on Uber earnings. Source: Internet
Examples may be loss creation or buying a loss-making company to exploit its losses; converting income to capital; back to back intercompany loans with no other commercial function. Source: Internet
Like other loss-making public-sector enterprises, India Post’s finances are weighed down by high pay-and-allowance costs, now at over 100% of its annual revenue. Source: Internet
The RFU had already budgeted for 2019-20 to be a loss-making year within its regular four-year cycle due to costs associated with the Rugby World Cup and only hosting two Six Nations Games. Source: Internet
Loss-making from the outset, its latest announcement was a net loss of RMB 3.74 billion despite a 55% revenue increase for 2017 to RMB 17.38 billion yuan. Source: Internet
Fuel subsidies, transfers to state-owned enterprises, including the loss-making JIRAMA, and the underfunded civil service pension funds weighed heavily on budget execution in 2014. Source: Internet