There is no absolute loss.

So far this section has focused on deindustrialization as absolute loss of manufacturing jobs.

It was an absolute loss.

Replacing an old-growth forest with a tree plantation, it says, causes changes so severe that it qualifies as an absolute loss of habitat.

The U.S. government stepped up to purchase the firearms thereby preventing Remington from absolute loss.

The poor fellow was at an absolute loss what to think of this whole affair.

Since the Crown could not afford an absolute loss of revenue, it is clear that this expansion of the waste had to be at the expense of society.

How do we begin to comprehend absolute loss?

Two very commonly-used loss functions are the squared loss, , and the absolute loss, .

However the absolute loss has the disadvantage that it is not differentiable at .