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Meaning of lossful | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Causing loss or damage; harmful.
    archaic
  2. Lossy; involving loss of information.

Examples

“Sing⟳ on, thou virgin soul, whose lossful gain⟳ / Thy love-sick parents have⟳ bewail'd in vain...”
“Thresholding and neighborhood definition are further lossful transformations which make⟳ details of the original application data virtually unrecoverable.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

lössic lossier lossiest lossless lossmaking lossproof

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