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 … —
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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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Sarwant Singh,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
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Sarwant Singh,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
That is a big risk investors take when trying to find the winners and losers within the biotech sector.
—
Jay Woods,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
The biggest loser in the Brown trade and the trade that brought Kawhi Leonard back to the Toronto Raptors are the Detroit Pistons.
—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Here are the real winners and losers of this year’s tournament.
—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
29 June 2026
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“Loser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loser. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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