• Loser

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /luːzÉ™(ɹ)/
    • GenAm IPA: /luzÉš/
    • Rhymes: -uːzÉ™(ɹ)

    Full definition of loser

    Noun

    loser

    (plural losers)
    1. 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.
    2. Something of poor quality.That dictionary is a loser!
    3. A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.That guy is a born loser!I’m a constant loser in love.
    4. (derogatory) A contemptible or unfashionable person.That person is a loser!
    5. A person who loses (something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc).
      • 1999, Larry Medsker, ‎Lakhmi C. Jain, Recurrent Neural Networks: Design and Applications (ISBN 0849371813), page 192: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.
      • 2004, Marianna S. Katona, Tales from the Berlin Wall: Recollections of Frequent Crossings (ISBN 3833404396):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.
      • 2005, Maggie Greenwood-Robinson, The Biggest Loser: The Weight Loss Program to Transform Your Body, Health and Life (ISBN 13: 978-1-59486-384-4)
      • 2010, Cutting Myself in Half: 150 Pounds Lost, One Byte at a Time (ISBN 0757313590), page 109: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.”

    Synonyms

    • (person who consistently loses) failure

    Antonyms

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