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los⋅er

  [loo-zer]
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–noun
1. a person, team, nation, etc., that loses: The visiting team was the loser in the series.
2. Informal.
a. a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor or, esp., a felony: a two-time loser.
b. a person who has failed at a particular activity: a loser at marriage.
c. someone or something that is marked by consistently or thoroughly bad quality, performance, etc.: Don't bother to see that film, it's a real loser.
3. Slang. a misfit, esp. someone who has never or seldom been successful at a job, personal relationship, etc.
Origin:
1300–50; ME losere destroyer; see lose, -er 1
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los·er   (lōō'zər)   
n.  
    1. One that fails to win: the losers of the game.
    2. One who takes loss in a specified way: a graceful loser; a poor loser.
    3. One that fails consistently, especially a person with bad luck or poor skills: "losers at home seeking wealth and glory in undeveloped countries" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
    4. One that is bad in quality: That book is a real loser.
    1. One that fails consistently, especially a person with bad luck or poor skills: "losers at home seeking wealth and glory in undeveloped countries" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
    2. One that is bad in quality: That book is a real loser.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Loser

Los"er\, n. One who loses. --South.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : loser
Spanish: perdedor,
German: der Verlierer,
Japanese: 敗者
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loser

n. An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even winners can lose occasionally.) Someone who knows not and knows not that he knows not. Emphatic forms are `real loser', `total loser', and `complete loser' (but not **`moby loser', which would be a contradiction in terms). See luser.
Jargon File 4.2.0
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loser 
"a destroyer," 1340, from lose (q.v.). Sense of "one who suffers loss" is from 1548; meaning "horse that loses a race" is from 1902; "convicted criminal" is from 1912; "hapless person" is 1955 student slang.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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loser

A security that has fallen in price during a specified period. Compare gainer.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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loser jargon
An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even winners can lose occasionally). Someone who knows not and knows not that he knows not. Emphatic forms are "real loser", "total loser", and "complete loser" (but not **"moby loser", which would be a contradiction in terms).
See luser.
[The Jargon File]
(1995-04-19)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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loser

see under finders, keepers.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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