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

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losers

‘It is important to let winners run. Common mistakes are to sell winners too soon and keep losers for too long.’

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Common mistakes are to sell winners too soon and keep losers for too long.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Anger over soaring electricity bills is separating winning utility stocks from the losers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

One of the biggest losers has been Nike, which has been a dominant athletics retail brand in China since at least the 1990s, but is steadily losing ground to local rivals with fresher brand identities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

There were going to be winners and losers.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver