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Definition of underdog
1 : a loser or predicted loser in a struggle or contest
2 : a victim of injustice or persecution
From the M-W Editors
Examples of underdog in a Sentence
I always root for the underdog instead of the favorite.
As a lawyer, she consistently represented the underdog.
Recent Examples of underdog from the Web
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Coming into the fight the +450 underdog, Horn looked second-best for most of the fight only for judges to hand him the win in controversial fashion by the judges.
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Creative Alliance, then with barely $9 million in billings, came in as a huge underdog in a battle against much larger advertising firms.
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Oprah Trump was a businessman with zero political experience running an underdog campaign.
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A celebration of underdog theater, with 13 short plays (titles such as Rats in a Hot Swishhunt, What's Cookin' with Zack Bwaff, and Budget Discount Carla) and a couple of short films. 7 and 9 p.m.
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Looze is trying to cast her as the underdog for worlds, given that Efimova has been faster than King this year.
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The Devil Wears Prada author shifts her tale of an underdog taking the fast lane to the top from fashion to the world of professional tennis.
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His teams were Finals underdogs six of eight times, including this year.
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Corbyn, by contrast, was, like Donald Trump, the underdog populist from beyond the Westminster bubble, known for jousting with the political class in both parties.
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First Known Use of underdog
1859
UNDERDOG Defined for English Language Learners
underdog
playDefinition of underdog for English Language Learners
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: a person, team, etc., that is expected to lose a contest or battle
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: a less powerful person or thing that struggles against a more powerful person or thing (such as a corporation)
UNDERDOG Defined for Kids
underdog
playDefinition of underdog for Students
: a person or team thought to have little chance of winning (as an election or a game)
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