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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The winner would advance with the loser being eliminated, but a tie would put both through at the expense of Iran.
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 June 2026
And Fabian's small news story voided the side of the bets predicting no missile, angering the losers.
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Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Wall Street spent the week debating who the biggest winners and losers of the artificial intelligence boom will ultimately be.
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Alexa Lomonaco,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
Of course, 90 percent bankrolled by Sepp Blatter and his cronies, the critical flop (a zero Rotten Tomatoes rating) and commercial loser ($171,000 at the box office against a $30 million budget, America’s lowest-grossing opening ever) was never going to paint a well-balanced picture.
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Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 June 2026
And Fabian's small news story voided the side of the bets predicting no missile, angering the losers.
—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Wall Street spent the week debating who the biggest winners and losers of the artificial intelligence boom will ultimately be.
—
Alexa Lomonaco,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
Of course, 90 percent bankrolled by Sepp Blatter and his cronies, the critical flop (a zero Rotten Tomatoes rating) and commercial loser ($171,000 at the box office against a $30 million budget, America’s lowest-grossing opening ever) was never going to paint a well-balanced picture.
—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
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“Loser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loser. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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