After all they had done, the system was to be considered a total loss?
He was at a total loss as to what to do or to say.
He said the total loss on the show would be about $500,000.
He was at a total loss, never having considered the question.
Clearly, the church was going to be a total loss.
Better than nothing, or a total loss in a down market, he said.
He is at a total loss as to how this could have happened.
But we made a lot of money so it wasn't a total loss.
This wasn't going to be a total loss after all.
At least we can see that it isn't a total loss for him.