: presenting two options both of which put one at a disadvantage
a lose-lose proposition
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
So far the European approach has been to selectively target politically sensitive goods rather than impose sweeping retaliation, since like most economists, officials view tariff wars as a lose-lose game.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Stagflation is a lose-lose situation—and financial markets know it.
Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
He’s argued that Democrats faced a lose-lose scenario between shutting down the government or being seen as enabling the Trump administration.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Mar. 2025
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