loser en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English loser, losere, equivalent to lose + -er. In the sense of contemptible or worthless individual, perhaps an alteration of losel, which see.
Meanings
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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.
He was always a good loser.
- Something of poor quality.
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A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.
That guy is a born loser!
I'm a constant loser in love.
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(derogatory) 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 ethic Mike had.
2012, Frank Shamrock, Charles Fleming, “Fatherhood”, in Uncaged: My Life as a Champion MMA Fighter, Chicago Review Press, →ISBN, page 203:
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One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc.
You have to think of yourself as an already amazing person who's hiding behind extra weight—a superhero in a disguise. If you follow the program, […] change the message from “I'm a big loser” to “I'm a big weight loser.”
2010, Cutting Myself in Half: 150 Pounds Lost, One Byte at a Time, →ISBN, page 109:But a West German reporting a lost passport in East Berlin during the years of the Wall was treated to a criminal investigation, with the passport loser as the potential criminal.
2004, Marianna S. Katona, Tales from the Berlin Wall: Recollections of Frequent Crossings, →ISBN: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.
1999, Larry Medsker, Lakhmi C. Jain, Recurrent Neural Networks: Design and Applications, →ISBN, page 192:You're counting on this insurance company to pay you a check many years in the future. But for some companies, disability coverage has been a money loser.
2009, Jane Bryant Quinn, Making the Most of Your Money Now:
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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).
Hardway bets are losers if they are rolled in any other combination—called "soft" or "easy" numbers. For instance, a Hardway bet on a 4 is a loser if the dice show as 3 and 1. Betting on a Hard 8 is a loser if the dice are rolled as a 5 and 3, or a 6 and 2. Naturally, if the 7 is rolled before the Hardway number shows, the bet is also a loser.
2001, Peter Svoboda, Beating the Casinos at Their Own Game, Square One Publishers, →ISBN, page 57: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.
1988, Alice Taylor, To School Through the Fields: An Irish Country Childhood, Brandon Ltd, →ISBN, page 58:In terms of betting on outcomes, Mars is a clear loser.
2021 December 17, Eric Ralph, “SpaceX to replicate Starbase, build multiple Starship launch pads in Florida”, in Teslarati, retrieved 07 Aug 2022:
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(slang) A person convicted of a crime, especially more than once.
He's a three-time loser doing twenty years.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| losers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
loserdom · poor loser · sore loser · loser sign · nonloser · loser cruiser · hard loser · money-loser · bad loser · loserhood · lucky loser · loserness · first loser · cyberloser · good loser · three-time loser · loser back home · loserboard · loserless · two-time loser · loserish · loserly · losership · Loserville · born loser · luser
Descendants
လူဇာ · lūzers · Loser · 루저 · лу́зер
Hyponyms
wooden spoonist (person who fails) · wooden spooner (person who fails)
Relateds
Synonyms
rinky-dink · nonentity · fuckbucket · lidderon · zero · good-for-naught · toerag · wankstain · pissant · puny · punk · crumb · louse · ne'er-do-well · hoon · nobody · carrion · unworthy · cipher · maggot · waste of space · louse · douchebag · pile of shit · badling · bugger · streak of piss · sparrow-fart · dandiprat · nought · underperson · asswipe · absolute zero · no-mark · pig dog · fritlag · doink · crumb · blatherskite · nonce · losel · ramp · nowmun · shicer · slubberdegullion · fellow · gooey · scullion · truant · losel · dirtbag · roly-poly · custron · good-for-nothing · twerp · loser · assbucket · drop kick · pelf · failure · no-good · shitheap · geek · cockstain · quat
Translations (143)
ru ничто́жество (contemptible or unfashionable person) · ka ხელმოცარული (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · mi wairuatoa (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · pl bubel (something of poor quality) · de Verlierertyp (contemptible or unfashionable person) · ja 敗者 (person who fails to win) · ka ლუზერი (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · am ተሸናፊ (person who fails to win) · fi luuseri (contemptible or unfashionable person) · uk переможений (person who fails to win) · pl przegrana (person who fails to win) · id pecundang (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · fi lurjus (contemptible or unfashionable person) · ja 落し主 (one who loses something) · es perdedor (person who fails to win) · fi tunari (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · pl przegrany (person who fails to win) · ca perdedor (person who fails to win) · de Versager (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · fr perdante (person who fails to win) · de Loser (contemptible or unfashionable person) · ko 루저 (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · hi हारनेवाला (person who fails to win) · tr bahtsız (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · cmn 輸家 /输家 (person who fails to win) · it perdente (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · bg неудачник (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · uk невда́ха (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · sh gubitnica (person who fails to win) · ru проигра́вший (person who fails to win) · ja 落とし主 (one who loses something) · wa pierdeu (person who fails to win) · fi luuseri (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · it sfigato (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · de Verlierer (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · de Verliererin (one who loses something) · ru лу́зер (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · gl perdedor (person who fails to win) · he מַפְסִידָן (person who fails to win) · it perdente (one who loses something) · ar فَاشِل (contemptible or unfashionable person) · uk переможена (person who fails to win) · pt falhado (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · fi hukkaaja (one who loses something) · mi kūrapa (contemptible or unfashionable person) · fi häviäjä (person who fails to win) · de Verlierer (person who fails to win) · es perdedor (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · sv förlorare (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · is aumingi (contemptible or unfashionable person) · ar خَاسِر (person who fails to win) · vi bại giả (person who fails to win) · de Loserin (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · de Verlierertyp (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · ja 負け犬 (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · ru неуда́чник (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · id bedebah (contemptible or unfashionable person) · zza bêbext (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · it perdente (contemptible or unfashionable person) · fr minable (contemptible or unfashionable person) · hu vesztes (person who fails to win) · ja 負け組 (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · pl nieudacznik (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · ru неуда́чник (contemptible or unfashionable person) · pl przegryw (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · ka დამარცხებული (person who fails to win) · de Verlierer (one who loses something) · fi laihduttaja (one who loses something) · ko 분실자 (one who loses something) · ka გოიმი (contemptible or unfashionable person) · fi tomppeli (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · fr perdant (person who fails to win) · fi epäonnistuja (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · fi häviäjä (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · gl perdedora (person who fails to win) · tr kaybeden (person who fails to win) · sh gubitnik (person who fails to win) · pt fracassado (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · he לווּזֶר (person who fails to win) · tr şanssız (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · zza bêsıhud (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · ja 失敗者 (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · tr yenik (person who fails to win) · ru неуда́чница (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · de Loser (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · mi wairuatoa (person who fails to win) · fi romu (something of poor quality) · tr ezik (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · pl nieudacznica (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · pl zgubca (one who loses something) · cmn 失敗者 /失败者 (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · es fracasado (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · mi kūrapa (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · pl kiepścizna (something of poor quality) · ro ratat (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · ja ルーザー (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · ru потеря́вший (one who loses something) · pl straciciel (one who loses something) · ru похуде́вший (one who loses something) · sv förlorare (person who fails to win) · ru неуда́чница (contemptible or unfashionable person) · sw mshindwa (person who fails to win) · ca fracàs (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · ka უიღბლო (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · fi tohelo (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · fr bon à rien (contemptible or unfashionable person) · my လူဇာ (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · it fallito (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · de Versager (contemptible or unfashionable person) · ka წარუმატებელი (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · fi renttu (contemptible or unfashionable person) · fr raté (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · tr ezik (contemptible or unfashionable person) · ar فَاشِل (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · ru дрянь (something of poor quality) · tr talihsiz (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · ko 패자 (person who fails to win) · pt perdedor (person who fails to win) · ce кадоцахо (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · fr tocard (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · de Verliererin (person who fails to win) · fr raté (contemptible or unfashionable person) · tr mağlup (person who fails to win) · pl zgubiciel (one who loses something) · ko 유실자 (one who loses something) · it sfigato (contemptible or unfashionable person) · ro ratat (contemptible or unfashionable person) · nl verliezer (person who fails to win) · pt perdedor (contemptible or unfashionable person) · it perdente (person who fails to win) · zza êmıs (contemptible or unfashionable person) · wa pierdant (person who fails to win) · el χαμένος (person who fails to win) · ko 실패자 (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · pl badziewie (something of poor quality) · ru барахло́ (something of poor quality) · es pringado (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · fr tocard (contemptible or unfashionable person) · pt perdedor (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · nv baa hojoobáʼígíí (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) · ka წაგებული (person who fails to win) · fa بازنده (person who fails to win) · ro perdant (person who fails to win)