loser
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loser¹
- /luːzə(ɹ)/
- /luzɚ/ US
Rhymes with -uːzə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English loser, losere, equivalent to lose + -er. In the sense of contemptible or worthless individual, perhaps an alteration of losel, which see.
noun losers
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A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
In a two-horse race there is always one winner and one loser.
Opposite: winner
- Something of poor quality.
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A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.
That guy is a born loser!
Similar: failure
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A contemptible or unfashionable person.
Mike didn't work but insisted that Jewell have a job. He would stay home and do whatever — smoke pot, screw around. He was a total loser, and she picked up the slack. That's around the time that Mom met her soon-to-be-next husband. He immediately moved in. He was a loser, too, with the same work eth
Similar: crumb, losel, louse, absolute zero, assbucket, asswipe, badling, blatherskite, bugger, carrion, cipher, cockstain
- One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc. Another way to speed search (in general) is to order or bias the hypothesis space based on some heuristic. Suppose you are a habitual car key loser and that you keep track of where your keys turn up after each search.
- A losing proposition, one that is likely to lose or already has lost (such as a losing bet or, analogously, a predictably fruitless task or errand). A new Guard came to town and decided to flex his muscles with George. We could have told him that he was on a loser but bright young men, then as now, know it all.
- A person convicted of a crime, especially more than once. He's a three-time loser doing twenty years.
Loser²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Löser.
proper noun Losers
- A surname from German.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: also-ran, failure, nonstarter, unsuccessful person, dud, underdog, lousy, failed, miss, slacker, misfire, petty, lost, miserable, sleazy, wretched
Translations
Every language
noun person who fails to win
| Español | perdedor |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 패자 paeja |
| 日本語 | 敗者 haisha |
| 中文 | 輸家 /输家 shūjiā |
| हिन्दी | हारनेवाला hārnevālā |
| Kiswahili | mshindwa |
| Português | perdedor |
| Français | perdant, perdante |
| Deutsch | Verlierer, Verliererin |
| Italiano | perdente |
| Ελληνικά | χαμένος chaménos |
| Română | perdant |
| Русский | проигра́вший proigrávšij |
| Tiếng Việt | bại giả |
| العربية | خَاسِر ḵāsir |
| עברית | מַפְסִידָן mafsidán, לווּזֶר |
noun one who loses something
| 한국어 | 분실자 bunsilja, 유실자 yusilja |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 落とし主 otoshinushi, 落し主 otoshinushi |
| Deutsch | Verlierer, Verliererin |
| Italiano | perdente |
| Русский | потеря́вший poterjávšij, похуде́вший poxudévšij |
noun person who is frequently unsuccessful in life
| Español | perdedor, fracasado, pringado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 실패자 silpaeja, 루저 rujeo |
| 日本語 | 負け犬 makeinu, 負け組 makegumi, 失敗者 shippaisha, ルーザー rūzā |
| 中文 | 失敗者 /失败者 shībàizhě |
| Português | perdedor, fracassado, falhado |
| Français | raté, tocard |
| Deutsch | Verlierer, Verlierertyp, Versager, Loser, Loserin |
| Italiano | sfigato, fallito, perdente |
| Română | ratat |
| Русский | неуда́чник neudáčnik, неуда́чница neudáčnica, лу́зер lúzɛr |
| العربية | فَاشِل fāšil |
noun contemptible or unfashionable person
| Português | perdedor |
|---|---|
| Français | minable, tocard, bon à rien, raté |
| Deutsch | Verlierertyp, Versager, Loser |
| Italiano | sfigato, perdente |
| Română | ratat |
| Русский | ничто́жество ničtóžestvo, неуда́чник neudáčnik, неуда́чница neudáčnica |
| العربية | فَاشِل fāšil |
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title = {loser},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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