1
: a person or thing that loses especially consistently
The team had a reputation for being a loser year after year.
2
: a person who is incompetent or unable to succeed
Don't waste your time on that loser.
also
: something doomed to fail or disappoint
his position is a loser politically —
Fred Barnes
Fred Barnes Examples of loser in a Sentence
The team had a reputation for being a loser year after year.
The loser of the bet has to buy drinks for the winner.
Whoever benefits from the new government programs, the real loser will be the American taxpayer.
That guy is a born loser.
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Since turkeys can’t ask the typical first-date questions to field out the losers, hens have to rely on something else.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2025
The fact these losers want to jail Andrew and Tristan Tate for preaching their version of traditional masculinity highlights the fact that these fascist feminists are fragile weaklings incapable of defending their position in the free marketplace of ideas.
—David Catanese, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
As the federal government and California’s Interscholastic Federation (CIF) clash over who gets to define fairness in school sports, the real losers may be the very students Title IX was meant to protect.
—Francis Mizner, Orange County Register, 19 Mar. 2025
Yeah, forget making money, this one is actually a money loser.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
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Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2025
The fact these losers want to jail Andrew and Tristan Tate for preaching their version of traditional masculinity highlights the fact that these fascist feminists are fragile weaklings incapable of defending their position in the free marketplace of ideas.
—David Catanese, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
As the federal government and California’s Interscholastic Federation (CIF) clash over who gets to define fairness in school sports, the real losers may be the very students Title IX was meant to protect.
—Francis Mizner, Orange County Register, 19 Mar. 2025
Yeah, forget making money, this one is actually a money loser.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Loser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loser. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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