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Meaning of LOSER

Pronunciation:  'loozur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a gambler who loses a bet
  2. [n]  a contestant who loses the contest
  3. [n]  a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
 
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 Synonyms: also-ran, failure, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
 
 Antonyms: achiever, succeeder, success, victor, winner
 
 See Also: bankrupt, contestant, dud, flash in the pan, flop, gambler, insolvent, underdog, unfortunate, unfortunate person, washout

 

 

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Loser
Donald Zinkoff cherishes his school, Satterfield Elementary, until the coming of fourth grade, when the big kids start to pick on the little kids, Donald among them. The cruelties of bullying are balanced by firm love from family and neighbors. Named one of the Best Children`s Books 2002 by Publishers Weekly.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Los"er\, n.
One who loses. --South.
 
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Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even winners can lose occasionally). Someone who knows not and knows not that he knows not. Emphatic forms are "real loser", "total loser", and "complete loser" (but not **"moby loser", which would be a contradiction in terms).

See luser.

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 Related Terms: also-ran, bankrupt, bomb, booby, bummer, bust, clinker, con, defeatee, duck, dud, failure, fall guy, false alarm, fiasco, flop, game loser, good loser, good sport, hardcase, hard-luck guy, jailbird, lag, lemon, misfit, nebbish, poor unfortunate, sad sack, schlemiel, schlimazel, sport, stooge, sure loser, the vanquished, underdog, unfortunate, victim, washout
 

 

 

 

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