Meaning of the word "dead loss" in English

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dead loss

US /dɛd lɔs/
UK /dɛd lɔs/
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Idiom

1.

a person or thing that is completely useless or a failure

Example:
This old car is a complete dead loss; it keeps breaking down.
As a gardener, I'm a dead loss; all my plants die.
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