loss-making
Operating at deficit
Loss-making describes a business, division, or venture that spends more than it earns—operating at a financial loss rather than a profit: The company sold off its loss-making subsidiary.
The term appears mainly in business and financial contexts, more common in British than American English.
Producing no financial gain
- insolventUnable to pay debts
- bankruptUnable to repay debts
- red inkSymbol for financial loss
- underperformanceFailing to meet expectations
mismanagement · struggling · failure · closure · liquidation · receivership · downsizing · layoffs
Failure to reach quota
- arrearsOverdue financial obligations
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
- negative equityOwing more than owned
- overdraftSpending past zero
indebtedness · owing · delinquency · nonpayment · funding gap · financial hole
Asset value reduction over time
- bearishExpecting market decline
- junk bondsLow-rated corporate securities
- bubbleAir-filled film sphere
- crashSudden violent impact
devaluation · downturn · meltdown · overvalued · underperforming · slump · write-down · impairment
Rearranging an existing framework
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- revivalReturn after decline
- transformationThorough change in form
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
reorganization · pivot · relaunch · reform · revamp · cost-cutting · rightsizing · divestiture
unprofitable
Producing no financial gain
underperformance · mismanagement · struggling · failure · closure · liquidation · receivership · downsizing · layoffs · redundancy
shortfall
Failure to reach quota
- arrearsOverdue financial obligations
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
- negative equityOwing more than owned
overdraft · indebtedness · owing · delinquency · nonpayment · funding gap · financial hole
depreciation
Asset value reduction over time
- bearishExpecting market decline
- junk bondsLow-rated corporate securities
- bubbleAir-filled film sphere
crash · devaluation · downturn · meltdown · overvalued · underperforming · slump · write-down · impairment · money pit
restructuring
Rearranging an existing framework
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- revivalReturn after decline
- transformationThorough change in form
overhaul · reorganization · pivot · relaunch · reform · revamp · cost-cutting · rightsizing · divestiture · streamlining
- financial lossesdeficit, write-off, write-down, bad debt, red ink
loss-makingprofitable
Producing financial benefit
money-making · lucrative · gainful · in the black · successful
make, lose, lost, loss, making, losing, loses, losers, losable