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loser
[ loo-zer ]
noun
- a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
The visiting team was the loser in the series.
- Informal.
- a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor or, especially, a felony:
a two-time loser.
- a person who has failed at a particular activity:
a loser at marriage.
- 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.
- Slang. a misfit, especially someone who has never or seldom been successful at a job, personal relationship, etc.
loser
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noun
- a person or thing that loses
- a person or thing that seems destined to be taken advantage of, fail, etc
a born loser
- bridge a card that will not take a trick
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Idioms and Phrases
see under finders, keepers .Example Sentences
People shouldn’t feel like losers for renting and not owning.
As the four-time loser of a French presidential election, finally denied power by the taint of corruption.
Trump’s tariff strategy is worse than a gamble; it’s a surefire loser.
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.
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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