Used almost exclusively attributively before a noun (e.g., "a lose-lose situation") and generally treated as non-gradable.
Traducciones
The negotiation ended in a lose-lose situation for both parties.
Переговоры закончились безвыигрышной ситуацией для обеих сторон.
Definiciones
Describing a situation in which all parties involved suffer a disadvantage or negative outcome. The negotiation turned into a lose-lose scenario, where neither side got what they wanted.
Used as a noun to denote a situation in which everyone loses.
Definiciones
A situation in which all parties involved suffer a disadvantage or negative outcome. Escalating the conflict would be a lose-lose for both companies.
Sinónimos
double bind
dead end
lose-lose situation
no-win scenario
no-win situation