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at a loss

at a loss prepositional phrase: below the cost or price of purchase.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Below the cost or price of purchase.
    • We sold those old computers at a loss.
  2. (idiomatic) Not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability.
    • I have fixed the parts I understand, and the rest leaves me at a loss.
    • His policies may be ineffective, but he is never at a loss for words.

at a loss meaning in Malayalam

at a loss in Malayalam

puzzled, baffled, nonplussed
എന്തുചെയ്യണമെന്ന് അറിയാൻ പാടില്ലാതായ, അന്തംവിട്ട, പരിഭ്രമിച്ച, എന്തുചെയ്യണമെന്നറിയാത്ത അവസ്ഥയിലായ, ചിന്താക്കുഴപ്പത്തിലായ, അമ്പരന്ന

Synonyms of at a loss

Questions about at a loss

What does at a loss mean?
At a loss means below the cost or price of purchase.
What is at a loss in Malayalam?
At a loss in Malayalam is എന്തുചെയ്യണമെന്ന് അറിയാൻ പാടില്ലാതായ, അന്തംവിട്ട, പരിഭ്രമിച്ച. See At a loss meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is at a loss?
At a loss is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at a loss in the dictionary

  1. at a fast clip
  2. at a glance
  3. at a go
  4. at a guess
  5. at a loose end
  6. at a loss
  7. at a loss for words
  8. at a low ebb
  9. at a minimum
  10. at a moment's notice
  11. at a pinch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: at a loss (page history and authors); at a loss (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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