underdog
Example Sentences
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Apple has come a long way from its days as a scrappy underdog in the personal-computing world.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
The men’s Huskies are heavies, too, though a slight underdog Saturday against No. 3 seed Illinois.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Gray Davis was a huge underdog who prevailed in a wide-open 1998 contest.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
Everyone loves an underdog, but doing so may have been costly recently.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Jewish people have been the underdogs so often that they understand what it’s like to be an underdog.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Vocabulary lists containing underdog
Idioms and Expressions, List 1
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Academy Awards, List 2
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My Brother Sam is Dead
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