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loser

[ loo-zer ]

noun

  1. a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:

    The visiting team was the loser in the series.

  2. Informal.
    1. a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor or, especially, a felony:

      a two-time loser.

    2. a person who has failed at a particular activity:

      a loser at marriage.

    3. 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.

  3. Slang. a misfit, especially someone who has never or seldom been successful at a job, personal relationship, etc.


loser

/ ˈ±ô³Ü˳úÉ™ /

noun

  1. a person or thing that loses
  2. a person or thing that seems destined to be taken advantage of, fail, etc

    a born loser

  3. bridge a card that will not take a trick
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of loser1

1300–50; Middle English losere destroyer; lose, -er 1
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Idioms and Phrases

see under finders, keepers .
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Example Sentences

People shouldn’t feel like losers for renting and not owning.

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As the four-time loser of a French presidential election, finally denied power by the taint of corruption.

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Trump’s tariff strategy is worse than a gamble; it’s a surefire loser.

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Lake was being a sore loser, in keeping with her refusal to acknowledge electoral defeat, but at least she was not being quoted in the paper about infringements on decorum at the club.

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Who are the “winners†and “losers†in the story and social history you so deftly navigate in the new book?

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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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