money pit

noun

: something that uses up a very large amount of money

My house is such a money pit—I'm always paying for repairs on it!

Examples of money pit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Those properties also give Alphabet the possibility to earn its way out of the data center money pit. — Kevin Stankiewicz,alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 16 July 2026

Strategies + Advice AI can be a money pit like no other, but there are ways to realize its value. — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

YouTube has transformed from a money pit into a subscriber behemoth and legitimate television replacement earning over $60 billion a year. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 May 2026

Many assume its American branch is a similar money pit. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for money pit

• candlelit
• counterfeit
• hypocrite
• resubmit
• retrofit
• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit