losingest
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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And as recently as November, the Hoosiers were the losingest program in all of college football—a distinction they have since passed to Northwestern.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026
“We might be the winningest football team in the country,” she said, alluding to the program’s total victories, “but we’re also the losingest bowl-game team in the country.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024
Perhaps, for example, the Lakers didn’t want Pelinka holding the exact same title as Jim Buss, who oversaw the losingest tenure in franchise history.
From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2020
Second fun fact: Rutgers is the losingest program in college football history, with 657 losses since their first-ever failure against Princeton by the score of 8-0 in 1869.
From Golf Digest • Sep. 30, 2019
In 2008, the Philadelphia Phillies, the world’s losingest pro sports team, won the World Series.
From Slate • Feb. 1, 2018
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