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sunk costs fallacy

The English word “sunk costs fallacy” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. The systematic tendency to allow unrecoverable past investments of time, money, or effort to affect a forward-looking decision, thereby continuing a project even when expected future costs exceed expected future benefits.
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