Usage examples (38)

• Noun : Our club has had a high rate of attrition because so many members have moved away. ,The enemy surrounded the town and conducted a war of attrition
• Liverpool, meanwhile, have been making what might kindly be called attritional progress up the table, returning to stability after a miserable winter.
• In polite company, diplomats describe dealing with Chinese ministries as "attritional", but in private, diplomats of all
• "attritional" but in private diplomats of all European countries are growing used to being bullied and brow-beaten by the officials of an increasingly strident Chinese...