How to Use lose-lose in a Sentence

lose-lose

adjective

• This is why, again, this is absolutely lose-lose.
  — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026
• But this conclusion may seem like a lose-lose for those looking to stay active.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 27 June 2023
• Still, such a war would create a lose-lose scenario for everyone.
  — Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
• Getting into that discussion, in your own words, can be a lose-lose.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
• But this crunch is also a lose-lose proposition for the economy.
  — Caitlyn Collins, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026
• But as the war unfolds, Israel is hurtling toward a lose-lose outcome.
  — Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2023
• The common ground is their underdog paths that have converged to create a lose-lose scenario for the house.
  — Doug Kezirian, New York Times, 3 June 2026
• That was a lose-lose AI diplomacy strategy.
  — Tanvi Ratna, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
• This puts women in a lose-lose position in sexist situations.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023
• Sitting around waiting for the perfect redemption while paying cash for flights is a lose-lose situation.
  — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
• Unless a patient recovers sufficiently to check themselves out, they are stuck in a lose-lose scenario.
  — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
• Looking back now, Winter says speaking out was always going to be a lose-lose situation.
  — Gillian Telling, People.com, 8 May 2025
• Pledging to bring gas prices down by any means necessary is a lose-lose prospect for both the planet and the Biden administration.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
• Leftist demagogues specialize in lose-lose-lose policies.
  — Editorial, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
• These federal employees are in a lose-lose situation, with both the right and the left to blame in Washington.
  — Beth Collums, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026
• For Richard Linklater, talking about awards and accolades is a lose-lose situation.
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
• Small business loan rejection rates in the United States remain stubbornly high, which is a lose-lose scenario.
  — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
• The antitrust ruling against Google may not be the lose-lose scenario for the search giant and its key partner Apple that some are predicting.
  — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
• The Dolphins officially find themselves in a lose-lose situation.
  — Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
• From my own experience working inside and outside of large corporates, setting goals is often a lose-lose situation.
  — Rob Kaplan, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
• If not addressed properly, these issues compound over time, resulting in a lose-lose situation for retailers and buyers alike.
  — Roland Gossage, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
• The question puts coaches in a lose-lose situation, which is why Iowa’s Lisa Bluder declined to answer it at her news conference.
  — David Whitley, The Tennessean, 9 Apr. 2024
• Non-plastic goods are usually more expensive for the business, and less user friendly for the customer–a lose-lose situation for all but the most fervent eco-crusader.
  — Zoya Hasan, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• Because lose-lose situations are so endemic to the genre, a hint of relief can sometimes accompany the prospect of surrender to the putrefying mob.
  — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
• In a classic lose-lose scenario, the study also identified an evaluation bias that negatively impacts highly productive women who get their work done in less time.
  — Michelle Travis, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
• The House Democrats’ campaign suggested in a statement that the predicament is a lose-lose situation for Republicans.
  — Julia Mueller, The Hill, 5 July 2025
• Adding fuel to the fire, around 50% of non-subscribers say that nothing could persuade them to pay for online news, leaving the traditional media industry in a lose-lose situation.
  — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 15 May 2025
• Some workers may ask their employers to step in with health coverage or unexpected healthcare costs, which will either be very expensive or unaffordable, leaving them in a lose-lose situation.
  — Rhett Buttle, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
• But a quarter-century is bound to bring changes—including physical ones, understandably—and Davis admits she’s been fighting a lose-lose battle over her use of facial fillers and other aesthetic treatments.
  — Kayla Blanton, SELF, 12 June 2023
• This lose-lose situation is also evident with these laws’ age-verification requirements under which social media companies must verify the identity of all their users, not just minors.
  — Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026