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loser
[ loo-zer ]
noun
- a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
The visiting team was the loser in the series.
- Informal.
- a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor or, especially, a felony:
a two-time loser.
- a person who has failed at a particular activity:
a loser at marriage.
- someone or something that is marked by consistently or thoroughly bad quality, performance, etc. ( winner def 2 ):
Don't bother to see that film, it's a real loser.
- Slang. a misfit, especially someone who has never or seldom been successful at a job, personal relationship, etc.
loser
/ ˈluːzə /
noun
- a person or thing that loses
- a person or thing that seems destined to be taken advantage of, fail, etc
a born loser
- bridge a card that will not take a trick
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- non·loser noun
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Word History and Origins
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Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
The Arizona Coyotes would have made the playoffs in the West that year, too, if not for the loser points boosting the Colorado Avalanche’s record.
There would be losers in a major shift toward meat alternatives.
Below, in the weekly “By the Numbers” section, I get into the big winners and losers of the 2021 markets.
Here’s a quick rundown of the winners and losers from this head-spinning, seven-player trade.
James Harden is a winner and a loser of the Nets’ blockbuster tradeNo matter what they do, the Nets are going to be great offensively.
Because when it comes to human-animal encounters, animals are often the losers.
The losers were more focused on resisting Jefferson’s political power then in engaging the issue itself.
The Senate has a high and bipartisan pain threshold for losers.
In it, I broke down the big winners and losers in equities, commodities and FX.
As we do not want to share the private data of our clients, much of what you see below is taken from a list of sites that have been publicly identified as winners or losers of this update in this article by Lily Ray.
Again, we’re going to look back at the past month to tally up the big winners and losers.
Ironically, the big losers can also be the sports leagues because again, as soon as you have gambling, you have the potential for corruption, and we’ve seen this historically.
Reparations have historically been paid by the losers of a war.
We examine the winners, the losers, the unintended consequences — and just how much toilet paper one household really needs.
In rambling posts, he called himself a loser, and wrote that he must be either bipolar or a psychopath.
The Affordable Care Act was always a short-term political loser with respect to middle-class voters.
One time I remember taking a walk and a guy drove past with his window down and yelled, ‘Hey loser, get a car!’
This is a fight that immigration reform advocates believe is a loser for the GOP.
“When I first met du Pont, I thought he was the biggest loser on Earth,” Mark recently told People.
Will Democrats ever realize that increased immigration is not only bad policy, but a political loser as well?
Sixteen seasons in, The Biggest Loser continues to be a ratings winner.
The Biggest Loser could elucidate just what kind of a commitment it takes to be successful in the long-term.
If The Biggest Loser could correct this misconception, it would do a lot to reduce anti-obesity prejudice.
The Biggest Loser is back for its 16th season, with its “Comeback Canyon” edition featuring former athletes.
CNNMoney reported the news under the headline "Miss America: TV Loser, Twitter Queen."
As McCain and Kastigar and too many others have shown, all the bad guys need to do is offer a way to stop feeling like a loser.
If you only managed to snog three people you were a total loser.
The era of singers telling loser boyfriends to shove off and demanding more from men was over.
But a new poll says the winner (or loser) is lucky number 2.
After all, the smart money says any controversial action is considered a loser in an election year.
In addition to lacking compelling personal narratives, the “pro-choice” frame is itself a loser.
As my little sister said the other day: ‘why the hell is that loser endorsing me for skills and expertise on LinkedIn?’
Russia lost the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War in the best Russian loser fashion at the naval battle of Tsushima.
Richard Cathar, late of Oxford University, is something of a loser, at least in matters of love.
All three of themJess, Griff, and the excited loser of the pursereached for the umbrella; but Griff was the first.
You shall not be the loser, Mrs. Martin, by the attention you may pay to this poor orphan girl.
Payment over to the winner after notice or demand by the loser is not a good defense in an action against the stakeholder.
Si was getting a little the better of Billings, and184 the General's sympathies naturally went toward the loser.
He foresaw what it implied, however, and at once returned to Boston, to find himself a heavy loser by the financial disaster.
But as the arendant was rich, and my father was a poor man, the latter was necessarily always the loser.
Fortunately for the loser, one of the Clipper's most trusted employes traveling on the pike, found the valuable book.
The players—and player and loser are almost synonymous terms—are generally thin and anxious; the bankers, fat and stolid.
It was not, as United States opinion imagined, merely childish petulance or the whining of a poor loser.
The party lost weight at the average of two and a half pounds; Harrisson was the greatest loser, being reduced six pounds.
I was the loser by some three hundred pounds, in addition to what I expended and loaned to Mr. Fox.
The East India Company alone, which was the actual loser, had cause for complaint.
First he indulged in an unfortunate speculation, by which he was a considerable loser, then cholera broke out.
Captain Dacres laughed good humoredly, and offered to bet me a sum of money that, in case of a conflict, I should be the loser.
The loser didn't seem to care anything about his loss, so Fred end Terry sized him as a professional gambler.
Evidently, according to the police sergeant, there had been a fight, and Alten had drawn the loser's end.
If you impose a tax of twenty francs upon my countrymen, and give it to me, I shall be a gainer instead of a loser.
Three or four friends come in and throw, the loser pays for drinks, and all are satisfied, and having had their drink they go.
Whoever heard of a man playing poker that wanted to quit when he was a loser?
I have had no benefit for it whatever until now, but I still should not wish to ask of you a price by which you might be a loser.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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