Losing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Failing to win, as in a sport or game: a losing team; a losing lottery ticket.
  • adj. Of or relating to one that fails to win: a losing season; a losing battle.
  • n. The act of one that loses; loss.
  • n. Something lost, such as money at gambling. Often used in the plural.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. That loses or lose, or has or have lost.
  • n. The action of the verb to lose.
  • v. Present participle of lose.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.
  • adj. Causing or likely to cause a loss.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Causing or resulting in loss: as, a losing game, battle, or business.
  • Given to flattery; fawning; cozening; deceitful.
    • Word Usage
    "That, it transpired, was glandular fever, and Federer was affected by it not only while losing to Murray in the first round here, but possibly even while he was ­losing his Wimbledon title and No1 ranking."
    Cross Reference
    losing hazard   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flattering    cozening   
    Verb Stem
    lose   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abusing    accusing    amusing    boozing    bruising    choosing    confusing    cruising    defusing    diffusing   
     
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