losing streak
27
3.2
- noun
- /ˈluːzɪŋ striːk/
:
racha de derrotas
- Duke entered this game 0-5 on the season and was nursing a 17-game losing streak overall.
- game losing streak
- a four-game losing streak
- a three-game losing streak
You feel like you're in a losing streak, you keep missing shots, you should preview properties.
- You feel like you're in a losing streak, you keep missing shots, you should preview properties.
- Thank God he went into a horrific losing streak.
Examples
-
The Louisville Bats snapped a four-game losing streak Saturday night with a 4-3 victory over the Charlotte Knights.
Blog text (16) -
This is a great opportunity to end that losing streak going into the US Open.
-
But one day, my losing streak ended.
-
We just need a night off to end our losing streak.
-
This may be a choice moment to start a losing streak.
-
If we can force a losing streak, we can still turn this thing around.
-
Reporter: Wall Street's losing streak stretched into its seventh day.
-
Dezse is glad the team finally broke its eight-game losing streak, saying, "It feels good, it's about time."
Blog text (5) -
Arizona State returns home looking to end a four-game losing streak against the Washington State Cougars.
Blog text (17) -
The Nets won, 97-85, snapping an eight-game losing streak by beating one of the league's best teams.
Antonyms
How Successful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a series of consecutive defeats' is directly and transparently built from 'losing' (from lose: not succeeding) plus 'streak' (a continuous sequence), so a learner who knows both words can readily infer the compound meaning. This is a common compositional pattern (X streak = a run of X events) found across many languages, supporting immediate understandability at B1 level.
Etymology
The phrase losing streak may come from the image of a long streak or line of bad results, like a row of dark marks on a scoreboard showing loss after loss. That's why losing next to streak means 'a series of defeats in a row'.