defeatist

Example Sentences

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De Zerbi is fiercely competitive and must transmit that into his players; easier said than done given the timid, defeatist nature of their performances this season.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

But they were not defeatist, and not despondent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Lying low in our green zone sounds pretty defeatist.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024

Scientists warn that this defeatist attitude is setting our world up for another catastrophe.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2023

I shook off my defeatist attitude and gave Fig a confident nod, followed by a scratch under his chin.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas