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
Arizona dropped to 50-108, is the losingest team in the big leagues and is 0-8 at San Francisco this season.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021
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
The Sixers turned themselves into the losingest team on earth for the opportunity to draft Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid, only to now bring in a guy with a gift for antagonizing youngsters.
From Slate • Nov. 10, 2018
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