loser

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los|er /l'uːzər/ (losers)
1 [N-COUNT] usu pl
The losers of a game, contest, or struggle are the people who are defeated or beaten.
...the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills, the winners and losers of this year's Super Bowl.
≠ winner
[PHRASE] usu v-link PHR
If someone is a good loser, they accept that they have lost a game or contest without complaining. If someone is a bad loser, they hate losing and complain about it.
I'm sure the prime minister will turn out to be a good loser...
You are a very bad loser Lou, aren't you?
2 [N-COUNT]
If you refer to someone as a loser, you have a low opinion of them because you think they are always unsuccessful. (INFORMAL)
They've only been trained to compete with other men, so a successful woman can make them feel like a real loser.
= failure
3 [N-COUNT] usu pl
People who are losers as the result of an action or event, are in a worse situation because of it or do not benefit from it.
Some of Britain's top business leaders of the 1980s became the country's greatest losers in the recession.
≠ winner

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