at a loss

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61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: a pèrdua — below the cost or price of purchase
• Chinese Mandarin: 虧本 /亏本 (kuīběn) — below the cost or price of purchase
• Chinese Mandarin: 賠本 /赔本 (péiběn) — below the cost or price of purchase
• Chinese Mandarin: 蝕本 /蚀本 (shíběn) — below the cost or price of purchase
• Dutch: met verlies — below the cost or price of purchase
• Finnish: tappiollisesti — below the cost or price of purchase
• Finnish: tappiolla — below the cost or price of purchase
• French: à perte — below the cost or price of purchase
• Hungarian: áron alul — below the cost or price of purchase
• Icelandic: með tapi — below the cost or price of purchase
• Icelandic: hallarekstur — below the cost or price of purchase
• Icelandic: taprekstur — below the cost or price of purchase
• Polish: ze stratą — below the cost or price of purchase
• Russian: с убы́тком (s ubýtkom) — below the cost or price of purchase
• Russian: в убы́ток (v ubýtok) — below the cost or price of purchase
• Spanish: a pérdida — below the cost or price of purchase
• Turkish: zararına — below the cost or price of purchase
• Chinese Mandarin: 困惑不解 (kùnhuòbùjiě) — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Chinese Mandarin: 茫然 (mángrán) — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Chinese Mandarin: 不知所措 (bùzhīsuǒcuò) — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Czech: bezradný — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Danish: rådvild — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Esperanto: ne scias kiel — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Finnish: neuvoton — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Finnish: avuton — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• French: perdu — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• French: complètement perdu — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• German: ratlos — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• German: auf dem Schlauch stehen — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Ancient Greek: ἄπορος (áporos) — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Hungarian: tanácstalan — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Hungarian: fogalma sincs — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Icelandic: ráðþrota — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Icelandic: ráðvilltur — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Icelandic: ráðalaus — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Icelandic: vefjast tunga um tönn — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Icelandic: fallast hendur — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Icelandic: eins og álfur út úr hól — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Icelandic: koma af fjöllum — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Icelandic: verða orðfall — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Icelandic: verða svarafátt — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Icelandic: það komu vöflur á hann — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Japanese: 途方に暮れる — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Māori: whakamāpuna — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Māori: pākira — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Māori: pōkīkī — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Māori: tāhurihuri — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Māori: rōrī — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Māori: pōkaikaha — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Norwegian: rådvill — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Norwegian: på bærtur — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Norwegian Bokmål: rådløs — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rådlaus — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Polish: w rozterce — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Portuguese: perdido — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Portuguese: desorientado — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Russian: в замеша́тельстве (v zamešátelʹstve) — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Russian: расте́рянный (rastérjannyj) — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Russian: в недоуме́нии (v nedouménii) — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Russian: в расте́рянности (v rastérjannosti) — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability
• Russian: в затрудне́нии (v zatrudnénii) — not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability