as in disasters
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 losers
Semifinalists earn 750,000 euros and first round losers get 87,000 euros.
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ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
This was an elimination game with the winners getting another opportunity to extend their season and the losers going on vacation.
—Janis Carr, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
The balance sheet is disturbing, because the main winners have been America’s adversaries, while the losers are its traditional allies in Europe, Asia and the Gulf.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
There’s obviously an impressive stable of final Tribal Council losers to choose from.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
The Pirates have been consistent losers, thanks in large part to their cheapskate owner who hasn’t invested nearly enough into the roster or the club’s player development infrastructure.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
Michael McCarron scored and Jesper Wallstedt made 20 saves for the Wild, losers of two straight.
—CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Those on the receiving end—the weak, feckless losers of the internet—are termed Virgins.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Sounds to me like the losers are the remaining students and this is why.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
This was an elimination game with the winners getting another opportunity to extend their season and the losers going on vacation.
—Janis Carr, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
The balance sheet is disturbing, because the main winners have been America’s adversaries, while the losers are its traditional allies in Europe, Asia and the Gulf.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
There’s obviously an impressive stable of final Tribal Council losers to choose from.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
The Pirates have been consistent losers, thanks in large part to their cheapskate owner who hasn’t invested nearly enough into the roster or the club’s player development infrastructure.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
Michael McCarron scored and Jesper Wallstedt made 20 saves for the Wild, losers of two straight.
—CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Those on the receiving end—the weak, feckless losers of the internet—are termed Virgins.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Sounds to me like the losers are the remaining students and this is why.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for losers
Noun
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Trump has expressed a desire to push more responsibility for disasters down to states.—
Gabriela Aoun Angueira,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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His boldest innovation is to invoke not past glories but past disasters, summoning the ghosts of the United States’ catastrophic interventions in Iraq.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The city now has a golden opportunity to learn from past failures by adopting a fairer, more accountable standard.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Severe storms on Monday night at the weir in the West Michigan community of Manistee caused a series of power failures to the holding tanks and the equipment that keep steelhead alive during egg collection efforts, the DNR said.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Have there been any disappointments?—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Mirroring the changing trends of the time, the Puente albums were commercial disappointments.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Shaboozey doesn’t identify as a poli-sci expert but could still acknowledge human-rights catastrophes.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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In 1941, Japan’s Pearl Harbor surprise attack triggered a nearly 2-year chain of American military catastrophes.—
Gil Troy,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Losers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/losers. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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