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losing¹

  • /ˈluːzɪŋ/ UK
  • /ˈluzɪŋ/ Canada, US
  • /ˈlʉːzɪŋ/ Australia
  • /ˈlʉːzəŋ/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -uːzɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of lose

adjective

  1. not comparable That loses or has lost. Being on the losing team is disappointing.

noun losings

  1. The process by which something is lost; a loss. We conceive that an alternation of such losings and regainings will continue to be presented in England, until the whole business is set on a new and more stable basis by a revolution which shall not be moral only.

losing²

noun losings

  1. Early, Modern Early Modern form of lozenge

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: unsuccessful, loss-making, squandering, missing, loser, wasted, disappearing, waste, underdog, wasting, spare, loose, failure, falling, restless, confused

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@misc{losing_2026,
  title = {losing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/losing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}