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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Sunday’s loser will see its playoff hopes realistically fade to black.
—Greg Cote
october 2, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
However, one of the reasons the Red Sox were 4-3 losers to the Yankees is that Cora can’t pull a lever that’ll ensure that his players — such as, oh, Ceddanne Rafaela — deliver a sacrifice bunt in a key situation.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The losers will go back to their camps, votes intact, while the winner wins a little something-something.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025
At the same time, there's no denying that at 1-3, the loser of today's Baltimore-Kansas City matchup is going to have an uphill climb.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
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Greg Cote
october 2, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
However, one of the reasons the Red Sox were 4-3 losers to the Yankees is that Cora can’t pull a lever that’ll ensure that his players — such as, oh, Ceddanne Rafaela — deliver a sacrifice bunt in a key situation.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The losers will go back to their camps, votes intact, while the winner wins a little something-something.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025
At the same time, there's no denying that at 1-3, the loser of today's Baltimore-Kansas City matchup is going to have an uphill climb.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for loser
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“Loser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loser. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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