English-Finnish translations for consolation prize

• lohdutuspalkinto
  Mahdollisesti aloitettava kokeiluhanke on mitätön lohdutuspalkinto. A pilot project that may be started up is the paltry consolation prize.
  Euroopan unionin jäsenyys ei myöskään ole lohdutuspalkinto menetetylle Nato-jäsenyydelle, vaan se on itsessään arvokas ja sen mukaisesti sitä tulee käsitelläänkin! Membership of the European Union is not a consolation prize for rejection by NATO - it is a prize in itself, and must be treated as such.

Definition of consolation prize

• An award given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show

Related words

• consolation
• disconsolate
• consolatory
• disconsolately
• disconsolateness
• consolation goal