losers

NOUN

person, thing that fails

Synonyms

STRONGEST

also-ran underdog

STRONG

deadbeat defeated dud failure flop has-been

WEAK

disadvantaged down-and-outer flunkee underprivileged

Antonyms

STRONG

accomplishment achievement success

WEAK

achiever winner

Example Sentences

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Plenty of investors still think that the AI build-out could get messy, with companies overspending and Wall Street eventually weeding out the losers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"We have been through injury, heartbreaks, losses. We have been losers at times in the most important moments," Zverev said.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

So what separates the winners from the losers?

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Permanent job losers are no longer rising in the same troubling way.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Keeping it together under pressure was what separated the winners from the losers.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray