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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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Still, the S&P 500 could decline about 30%, similar to the pullback in the fall of 2001, with tech hardware stocks becoming the biggest losers, tumbling 74%.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Investors and Wall Street analysts are watching which brands could be winners and losers if millions more Americans become GLP-1 users.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Despite today’s overall loss, the large-cap index actually had more individual gainers than losers, with 259 stocks closing higher against 243 decliners.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

The response is always the same: Well, if these people are losers, then what does that say about the administration that hired them?

From Slate • May 9, 2026

And they—she, James, Maybeth and Sammy—they were the losers.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt