Sunk Cost
Other Names
Concorde Fallacy, Throwing Bad Money After Good
Description
Where it is argued that more resources should be invested into an endeavour that will probably result in a loss, because of the large amount of resources that have already been invested.
Example
I know that we're losing a lot of money on this venture but we put so much time, effort and sacrifice into creating it.
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