Pyrrhic

/ˈpɪɹɪk/

won at too great a cost to be worthwhile

Pyrrhic in a sentence

“The hostile takeover was a Pyrrhic success.”

From King Pyrrhus's costly victories against Rome

Related Words

Roman à clef

a novel with real people disguised as fictional characters

Rubicon

a point of no return

Pax Romana

a period of relative peace and stability

veni, vidi, vici

I came, I saw, I conquered

et tu, Brute

expression of betrayal by a trusted person

bread and circuses

superficial appeasement of the public