as in disaster
something that has failed
the first movie in the series was good, but all the sequels have been losers
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Recent Examples of loser
Day slate, as losers of eight of their last 11 games.
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Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
The loser of Game 1 will play Team C in Game 3.
—CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
As a longtime loser, where basketball was more of a priority than football, Indiana’s rise defies decades of precedent.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Jan. 2026
The loser will send local food items to the winning governor.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
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Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
The loser of Game 1 will play Team C in Game 3.
—CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
As a longtime loser, where basketball was more of a priority than football, Indiana’s rise defies decades of precedent.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Jan. 2026
The loser will send local food items to the winning governor.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loser
Noun
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Depending on the weather, a disaster emergency could be declared, which can help access state and federal funding.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Camarda — who was also a member of the first space shuttle crew to launch after the 2003 Columbia disaster — is among a group of former NASA employees who do not believe that the space agency should put astronauts on board the upcoming lunar excursion.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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The commercial failure of Cutthroat Island eventually led to Davis taking a two-year hiatus from acting.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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But when diabetes progresses to kidney failure, spending jumps into an entirely different category.—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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To the crowd’s disappointment, Kastelic lost his balance before any real shots were thrown and the linesmen stepped in to end it.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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And to spring back to mazeh for a moment, the menu’s weirdest disappointment was the hummus, a dish that isn’t a longstanding part of Iranian cuisine, but, as with so many of us in the world who love blitzed garbanzos, has been adopted from its Eastern Mediterranean origins.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Loser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loser. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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