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losing

[loo-zing]
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adjective

causing or suffering loss.

noun

losings, losses.

Origin of losing

before 950; Middle English, Old English; see lose, -ing2, -ing1
Related formslos·ing·ly, adverb
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Related Words for losings

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

Examples from the Web for losings

Historical Examples of losings

  • A man, said Piper loftily, should take his losings without squealing.

  • Frank's luck seemed to have deserted him, but at first his losings were just heavy enough to provoke without alarming him.

    Frank Merriwell's Chums

    Burt L. Standish

  • They called the game, raked up the winnings, or paid the losings, without changing a muscle of their features.

    The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4

    George W. M. Reynolds

  • I find, on going to tiffin at Jack Apsley's, that Mrs. Jack has heard all about the winnings and losings at the club.

  • But, do you know, there's something running in my head about losings and findings that I've been hearing.

    The Girls and I

    Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth

British Dictionary definitions for losings

losings

pl n

losses, esp money lost in gambling

losing

adjective

unprofitable; failingthe business was a losing concern
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