winless

6 3.4

Having no wins in games or competitions

adjective
/ˈwɪn.ləs/

: sin victorias

We are now still winless on ballot questions over same-sex marriage, having lost over 30 of them.
winless season
winless streak
winless team

And then it ceases to be this winless game of stop doing that unhealthy thing.

Examples

But at least we had completed our perfect, winless season.

Academic text (1999)
Despite a strong second half, Texas is winless in the first two games of the last two seasons, and that hasn't happened in 72 years.

My All American (2015)
Says here we're winless in America and have the lowest speed rate by far.

50 to 1 (2014)
The Arrows are still winless for the season.

Crooked Arrows (2012)
The Black Bears' victory doomed the Rams to their first winless season.

Blog text (13)
Despite a well-played game, De La Salle comes up short, and after two games, is still winless in this young season.

When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
The Vols are still winless in the SEC after losing to the Missouri Tigers.

Blog text (13)
So the focus isn't on a winless record against rookies.

Blog text (10)
The Oil Kings are now winless in their last 3 games (0-1-0-2).

Blog text (17)
The Arrows are still winless for the season.

Antonyms

victorious

62 3.7

A person who has won a contest or match and feels proud

winning

50 2.1

A success achieved after hard effort

How Many Wins

undefeated

56 3.6

dominant

159 4.2

successful

∞ 1.6

winless

6 3.4

Surface Forms

winless positive

Morphology

winless = win (transparent) = win + less

The negative suffix '-less' attaches to 'win' to indicate the absence of wins, a direct and regular derivation.

Etymology

Winless comes from win ('victory') plus the ending -less ('without'), like in hopeless or careless. So a winless team or player is simply one that has 'no wins'.