losernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈluː.zər/us/ˈluː.zɚ/loser noun [ C ] (DOES NOT WIN)
a person or team that does not win a game or competition:
The losers of both games will play each other for third place.
He's a good/bad loser (= he behaves well/badly when he is defeated).
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Winners & losers
- all-American
- be a slam dunk idiom
- champ
- champion
- championship
- elevator club
- front-runner
- golden generation
- leader
- match
- number one
- record holder
- reigning
- runner-up
- shoo-in
- slam dunk
- title
- titleholder
- victor
- yo-yo club
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loser noun [ C ] (IS NOT SUCCESSFUL)
informal a person who is always unsuccessful at everything they do:
He's a born loser.
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Failures
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- another/the final nail in the coffin idiom
- breakdown
- car crash
- cock-up
- dead duck
- foul-up
- free fall
- hash
- lemon
- lost cause
- lulu
- mess
- mess-up
- parody
- slim pickings
- slush pile
- track record
- train wreck
- turkey
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loser noun [ C ] (GETS WORSE)
someone or something that is in a worse position or has less value at the end of a process:
The latest price increases mean that the real loser, as usual, is the consumer.
On the London Stock Exchange, losers beat gainers 1,353 to 823.
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Advantage and disadvantage
- a free ride idiom
- a stick to beat sb with idiom
- advantage
- an ace up your sleeve idiom
- attraction
- be/stay/keep one jump ahead idiom
- cash
- cash in on sth
- edge
- fish
- in the right place at the right time idiom
- it's tough at the top idiom
- lock in sth
- lock sb out of sth
- lose out
- profit
- profit from sth
- upside
- you've got nothing to lose idiom
- your best/strongest/trump card idiom
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