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Meaning of hollow victory | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A Pyrrhic victory; an empty victory that is not worth winning because so much is lost in order to achieve it.
proscribed, sometimes
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hollow, victory. A victory that is hollow, i.e. meaningless.

Equivalents

Deutsch wertloser Sieg

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

hollow-back hollow-faced bat hollow-fibre hollow-heartedness holloware Holloway