† lossfuladj.
Obsolete.
Productive of loss; detrimental; unprofitable.
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unbeheveeOE
unprofitablec1350
thriftlessc1400
undisposingc1400
disprofitable1548
disadvantageous1550
incommodious1579
disadvantageable1587
unadvantageable1603
lossful1611
naught1620
disvantageous1622
disserviceable1645
incommodous1677
unserviceable1698
zero-sum1965
downside1983
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xii. 580/2 Hee..retired himselfe with lossefull hast into the bosome of France.
1623 in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 287 As the rate of Money now goeth, no man can let his Timber stand..but it will be very losse-full to him.
1675 T. Brooks Word in Season Gen. Ep., in Paradice Opened sig. *3v 'Tis a gainful loss to suffer for the truth; 'tis a lossful gain..to provide for our present safety..and ease.
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