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losing

[ loo-zing ]
/ ˈlu zɪŋ /
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adjective

causing or suffering loss.

noun

losings, losses.

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RELATED WORDS

debt, disaster, accident, fall, damage, failure, cost, defeat, trouble, injury, catastrophe, casualty, destruction, undoing, harm, misadventure, dispossession, mishap, deficiency, want

Nearby words

  1. lose touch,
  2. lose track,
  3. losel,
  4. loser,
  5. losey,
  6. losing battle, a,
  7. losing hazard,
  8. losingest,
  9. losingly,
  10. losings

Origin of losing

before 950; Middle English, Old English; see lose, -ing2, -ing1
Related formslos·ing·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for losings (1 of 2)

losings

/ (ˈluːzɪŋz) /

pl n

losses, esp money lost in gambling

British Dictionary definitions for losings (2 of 2)

losing

/ (ˈluːzɪŋ) /

adjective

unprofitable; failingthe business was a losing concern
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