loser
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈluːzər/
- Offensive
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perdedor
- He used to be popular, but now all his old friends call him a loser after he dropped out of college.
- a big loser
I felt like such a loser to go in and quit.
- I felt like such a loser to go in and quit.
- We celebrate the heroes, but then there's the losers like myself.
- It's a profession and they're not losers as some people say.
- So if you're a saver, you're a loser because of taxes.
- I still get that sting of like, I'm a loser now.
- Because the inertia of being a loser is very strong.
- This is why Robert Kiyosaki says savers are losers, and I'll explain why.
- So it's just a loser's game it feels like.
- And they have killed the habits of losers, right?
- And so the people who are losers are savers.
- It is like the reject loser spy place to go to.
- Got you, You're a loser, got you.
- So don't over think you're a loser, failure, whatever.
- Love being called the loser and spelling it wrong.
Examples
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Because the inertia of being a loser is very strong.
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I mean, I also was a huge loser in high school and super shy.
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I felt like such a loser to go in and quit.
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But can he keep his loser friends down?
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For all she knows, this guy could be the biggest loser on the face of the planet.
Fiction book (1994) -
Let me see what being a loser in love was like.
Fiction book (1996) -
Why do I always date the same losers over and over and over again?
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I'm the big loser here.
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We all came out losers.
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You know, there's your loser son, not good at anything.
Synonyms
405
2.7
A person who does not succeed at things they try
17
5.8
A person who disappoints others by not doing well
4
7.9
A person who has failed twice, for example in love or at work
1
6.5
A person who often fails and seems unlucky
1
4.2
A person who often fails to reach their goals
1
7.6
A person who often fails and is not taken seriously
A person others think is useless and not successful
Antonyms
Compounds
How Unsuccessful
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Morphology
Etymology
Loser comes from lose ('to fail to win') plus -er meaning 'one who', but over time people began using it as a harsh name for someone seen as often unsuccessful, so you can remember it as calling someone 'always on the losing side'.