loser
/luzɚ/ noun B1- 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.
- A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life. · That guy is a born loser!· I'm a constant loser in love.
- A contemptible or unfashionable person.
- One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc.
- 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).
- A person convicted of a crime, especially more than once. · He's a three-time loser doing twenty years.
Plural losers
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“The community is certainly the gainer, and no one the loser, save the poor out-of-work specialist, whose occupation has gone.
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