a. Obs. [f. LOSS sb.1 + -FUL.] Productive of loss; detrimental; unprofitable.
1611. Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., IX. xii. § 108. 694. Hee … retired himselfe with losse-full hast into the bosome of France.
1623. in Hartlib’s Legacy (1655), 287. As the rate of Money now goeth, no man can let his Timber stand … but it will be very losse-full to him.
1675. Brooks, Gold. Key, Wks. 1867, V. 421. It is a gainful loss to suffer for the truth; it is a lossful gain … to provide for our present safety … and ease.
