Pyrrhic

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 1, 2026 is: Pyrrhic • \PEER-ik\ • adjective The adjective Pyrrhic describes something that is achieved at an excessive cost. It is usually used to describe a victory, a Pyrrhic victory being one that is not worth winning because so much is lost to achieve it. // The basketball team’s comeback in the final minutes turned out to be a Pyrrhic victory as the star center injured her ankle. See the entry > Examples: “… where I work, some of my colleagues have suggested that … universities ought to wean themselves off federal grants and become fully fisc

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