What does lossful mean?
Lossful means (archaic) Causing loss or damage; harmful..
Lossful
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
(archaic) Causing loss or damage; harmful..
Definitions by Sense
- (archaic) Causing loss or damage; harmful.
- (telecommunications, computing) Lossy; involving loss of information.
Example Sentences
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.
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- more lossful
- most lossful
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Sing on, thou virgin soul, whose lossful gain / Thy love-sick parents have bewail'd in vain...
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