Pyrrhic (adj)
pir-ik
(of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor.
Late 17th century from Greek Pyrrhikos, from the name of Pyrrhus, a Greek king who defeated the Romans in 279 BC but sustained heavy losses, + -ic.
Example sentences
“A pyrrhic victory is the best they can hope for now.”
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