money-losers
Unprofitable ventures overall
Money-losers are ventures, investments, or products that fail to turn a profit—they cost more than they bring in.
The term often appears in business contexts when evaluating what to cut: The company shuttered its money-losers and focused on profitable divisions.
A money-loser might be tolerated if it serves other purposes, like attracting customers to more profitable offerings.
Sums owed to others
- gamblingBetting on uncertain results
- scammedCheated through deception
- underwaterBelow the surface
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
bankruptcy · loans · overspending · leveraged · overextended · broke · insolvent · repossession
Producing no financial gain
- failingFlaw in one's nature
- bankruptUnable to repay debts
- insolventUnable to pay debts
- write-offRecorded value reduction
underperforming · distressed · turnaround · restructuring · liquidation · shuttered · defunct · struggling
Complete commercial failure
- turkeyWattled North American fowl
- dudFailed device or effort
- underperformerOne missing their targets
- tankedFailed utterly, collapsed
panned · canceled · costly · overhyped · shelved · misfire · disappointment · pulled
Ownership stakes or inventory
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- depreciatedDecreased in monetary value
- tankingDeclining rapidly, collapsing
- plummetingFalling steeply and fast
underwater · unrealized · sell-off · declining · crashed · worthless · subprime · speculative
debts
Sums owed to others
- gamblingBetting on uncertain results
- scammedCheated through deception
- underwaterBelow the surface
foreclosure · bankruptcy · loans · overspending · leveraged · overextended · broke · insolvent · repossession · garnishment
unprofitable
Producing no financial gain
write-off · underperforming · distressed · turnaround · restructuring · liquidation · shuttered · defunct · struggling · underwater
flop
Complete commercial failure
- turkeyWattled North American fowl
- dudFailed device or effort
- underperformerOne missing their targets
tanked · panned · canceled · costly · overhyped · shelved · misfire · disappointment · pulled · underperforming
stocks
Ownership stakes or inventory
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- depreciatedDecreased in monetary value
- tankingDeclining rapidly, collapsing
plummeting · underwater · unrealized · sell-off · declining · crashed · worthless · subprime · speculative · bubble
discontinued
No longer available
clearance · markdown · obsolete · overstock · returns · defective · unpopular · flopped · surplus · warehoused
money-losersmoney-makers
Sources of profit
cash cows · profit centers · moneymakers · breadwinners · gold mines
money-loserssure things
Guaranteed outcomes
safe bets · blue chips · ten-baggers · home runs · winners
money, loser, lose, losers, losing, lost, moneys, monies, moneyed