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
Among the biggest losers on Tuesday, however, was chip maker Micron Technology, whose shares plummeted 12%.
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John Ruwitch,
NPR,
23 June 2026
Chip companies were among the biggest losers in overnight trading, with Micron and Intel both down more than 7%.
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ABC News,
22 June 2026
In a case like this, there are no winners or losers.
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Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
However, the most likely loser in a dog-snake encounter is the snake.
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Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
21 June 2026
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John Ruwitch,
NPR,
23 June 2026
Chip companies were among the biggest losers in overnight trading, with Micron and Intel both down more than 7%.
—
ABC News,
22 June 2026
In a case like this, there are no winners or losers.
—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
However, the most likely loser in a dog-snake encounter is the snake.
—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for loser
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loser
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Aemond is a murderer, Aegon is a rapist; if either of them ends up on the Iron Throne for good, that would be a disaster.
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On the dusty backroads of Radiator Springs, where Lightning McQueen and his pals live, a shower of meteors threatened to bring destruction upon the quarter-size cars in a scene that disaster movie king Roland Emmerich would endorse.
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Taking the midway point of those numbers, an opening weekend of $45 million would be a monumental failure.
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Then came this spring’s historic and devastating floods across northern Michigan — in some areas, for the first time anyone can remember — swamping homes, pushing dams to the brink of failure and washing out roadways.
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Days before the five-year anniversary of the 2021 building collapse that killed 98 people in Surfside, the federal government has published findings that determined the structure of the Champlain Towers South condominium started failing about three weeks before the catastrophe.
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Chile introduced a tax deduction for catastrophe insurance premiums and resilience retrofit investment.
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Buffalo State Pizza Company owner Philippe Lechevin expressed slight disappointment in the business his pizzeria and bar’s Crossroads location has seen in the two weeks since the World Cup began.
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Reaction among Lions fans in Detroit has ranged from shock to disappointment.
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“Loser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loser. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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