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losing

[loo-zing]

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adjective

causing or suffering loss.

noun

losings, losses.

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Origin:
before 950; Middle English, Old English; see lose, -ing², -ing¹

Related forms

los·ing·ly, adverb

Example Sentences

Most runners end up losing a toenail from time to time.

The difficulty of losing weight is captured in a new model.

Poison frogs may be losing their toxicity as human development fragments their habitats, a recent study says.

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Most runners end up losing a toenail from time to time.

The difficulty of losing weight is captured in a new model.

Poison frogs may be losing their toxicity as human development fragments their habitats, a recent study says.

Losing one's sense of smell may not mean forgetting what things smell like.

However, my friends had their own solution: memorize all of the information so you won't have to worry about losing it.

Upon losing his job, a friend and later business partner approached him with the idea of running a taco truck.

Netflix is losing more than it expected from the backlash over its recent price hike.

Civil-rights lawyers say that they are losing a lot more cases in the lower courts than before.

My heart aches for them in losing such a dear friend.

On election night last year, testosterone levels dropped rapidly among male voters of losing parties.

Indians and robbers to speed mail to settlers lured west by land, gold and religious freedom, losing only one shipment.

Weirder even, and certainly more wonderful, than the cosmic joke of a kilogram losing weight at the expense of the universe.

Proboscis monkeys are losing habitat at an alarming rate.

Increasingly, people is losing their communication skills.

He must have calculated how much morphine he could inject without losing control of a scalpel.

He quickly accepts the invite and jumps out of his game, unwittingly losing whatever progress he'd made in the single-player game.

Signs that winters are losing their bite have been abundant in recent years.

Others, weighed down by the stress of being fired or losing a loved one, become depressed.

If we're losing faith in science, we've gone down the wrong path.

They're at the front lines of a violent border war-and they're losing.

People don't always appreciate how difficult it is to lose fat without losing protein.

The guillemot, a seabird that depends on ice, is losing its habitat and falling prey to polar bears desperate for food.

Then, even hair-thin wires might carry loads of current without resistance or losing any energy to heat.

It's hard to understand what keeps problem gamblers betting after a long losing streak.

Dieters are engaged in a constant battle between losing weight and eating tasty food.

It¿s a driver¿s nightmare: losing control of the car when it careens over a wet road.

Partner gets more adjuncting work teaching better courses, but risks losing time to focus on research.

The wild flavor pairings high-profile chefs once used to attract attention are losing steam as the popular palate warms to.

My romance with distance teaching is losing its spark.

And yet does the dollar really risk losing its status as the world's main.

Built on sinking islands in a lagoon, the city is losing ground to damaging flooding.

We are losing too many of our friends and their contributions to society.

Keep them cold and as level as possible in transport to avoid losing the liquid, and use them as soon as you can.

These students are at risk-at risk of failing, of dropping out, and of losing opportunity.

Agriculture is not the only sector that is losing ground in the home market to importers.

We start losing ecosystems and the services they provide to humans.

Being neurotic boosts your chances of losing weight-lusting for adventure does not.

The screen is so flexible it can be rolled into a cylinder about a half-inch wide without losing its image quality.

But let's set aside for the moment the practical matter of losing your job over this.

But the net is losing some of its openness and universality.

Irwin removed the barb from his chest before losing consciousness and dying at the scene.

Every cook of any experience knows the frustration of boiling a nice fresh egg-and then losing half of it in the peeling.

It's already been a difficult year in the losing cool celebrities department.

The root problem of public universities is not that they keep losing public funds, although this is a destructive symptom.

It will lead to a further split between branding/distribution and operation and real estate with the hotel chains losing out.

More and more, ecotourism and nature travel can be used as a tool to really save some of the great places that we're losing.

Eight percent of the participants were depressed before losing his or her partner-and stayed that way.

Losing a chunk of flesh to your work is what separates the hobbyist from the artist.

They publicized the pain of losing sons and daughters in alcohol-related traffic accidents.

Instead of collapsing in value, losing status as a world currency, it has gone to.

Forests are losing trees faster than new ones are able to grow, he said.

Charge has to conduct in the cloud that is gaining or losing charge.

So they decided to lop the top, even if it meant losing those gloriously grandiose gullwing doors.

Hladysh and his colleagues thought they were losing.

But that will mean more businesses going to the wall and more people losing their homes.

But observers say the move will likely spark bitter disputes between those losing and gaining access to a precious resource.

We forget where a story really starts, losing sight of where it's headed.

As unemployment rates climb to record levels, losing your job no longer marks you as a loser.

But scientists are losing a lot of the data, say researchers in a wide range of disciplines.

Moreover, investors are uncomfortable with the risk of losing everything should the catastrophe hit.

Losing food energy by converting it to meat is a luxury that the affluent are more likely to enjoy than the poor.

I've read any number of accounts of men losing several wives due to complications of childbirth in the not so distant past.

If you don't have a family, you don't have any concern about losing them.

Managers must understand they are losing future employees because of inflexibility.

If there are fewer potential mates around, men may delay marriage or forgo it entirely, losing out on these nuptial niceties.

Or picture a koala losing half its food supply to a parking lot.

Imagine a time in your life when you felt out of control-anything from getting lost to losing a job.

Even worse, he now faces the possibility of losing his life's work.

The odds are much shorter on other volcanoes around the world losing their lids.

In a world where populations are expanding, this area is losing population".

Mizzou can't win for losing when it comes to its leaders.

Human folly never seems quite so foolish as when it is losing tons of money.

Louis fought a mostly losing battle against development and neglect for.

No human being could drink thousands of gallons of milk without losing his cookies.

If you want to take it out without losing a lot of money:.

It is being held up because the local moto-cab and motorbike drivers object to losing their jobs.

People need to stand up and speak out and risk losing their job, or sit there and take it.

Key weapons in the fight against malaria, pyrethroid insecticides, are losing their edge.

We need to cope with feeding a growing human population on a planet that is losing agricultural land to climate change.

My wife has been losing hair ever since she began losing weight.

At the end of the fiscal year, you spend what monies are left or risk losing them in the next budget year.

The federal government is however still fighting tooth and nail to prevent the industry from losing its lock.

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verb (used with object)

to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.

to fail inadvertently to retain (something) in such a way that it cannot be immediately recovered: I just lost a dime under this sofa.

to suffer the deprivation of: to lose one's job; to lose one's life.

to be bereaved of by death: to lose a sister.

to fail to keep, preserve, or maintain: to lose one's balance; to lose one's figure.

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(of a clock or watch) to run slower by: The watch loses three minutes a day.

to give up; forfeit the possession of: to lose a fortune at the gaming table.

to get rid of: to lose one's fear of the dark; to lose weight.

to bring to destruction or ruin (usually used passively): Ship and crew were lost.

10.

to condemn to hell; damn.

11.

to have slip from sight, hearing, attention, etc.: to lose him in the crowd.

12.

to stray from or become ignorant of (one's way, directions, etc.): to lose one's bearings.

13.

to leave far behind in a pursuit, race, etc.; outstrip: She managed to lose the other runners on the final lap of the race.

14.

to use to no purpose; waste: to lose time in waiting.

15.

to fail to have, get, catch, etc.; miss: to lose a bargain.

16.

to fail to win (a prize, stake, etc.): to lose a bet.

17.

to be defeated in (a game, lawsuit, battle, etc.): He has lost very few cases in his career as a lawyer.

18.

to cause the loss of: The delay lost the battle for them.

19.

to let (oneself) go astray, miss the way, etc.: We lost ourselves in the woods.

20.

to allow (oneself) to become absorbed or engrossed in something and oblivious to all else: I had lost myself in thought.

21.

(of a physician) to fail to preserve the life of (a patient).

22.

(of a woman) to fail to be delivered of (a live baby) because of miscarriage, complications in childbirth, etc.

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verb (used without object)

23.

to suffer loss: to lose on a contract.

24.

to suffer defeat or fail to win, as in a contest, race, or game: We played well, but we lost.

25.

to depreciate in effectiveness or in some other essential quality: a classic that loses in translation.

26.

(of a clock, watch, etc.) to run slow.

Verb phrase

27.

lose out, to suffer defeat or loss; fail to obtain something desired: He got through the preliminaries, but lost out in the finals.

Idiom

28.

lose face. face (def. 48).

Origin:
before 900; Middle English losen, Old English -lēosan; replacing Middle English lesen, itself also reflecting Old English -lēosan; cognate with German verlieren, Gothic fraliusan to lose. See loss

Related forms

re·lose, verb (used with object), -lost, -los·ing.

Can be confused: loose, loosen, lose, loss.

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World English Dictionary

losing (ˈluːzɪŋ)

—*adj*
	unprofitable; failing: the business was a losing concern

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Word Origin & History

lose

O.E. losian "be lost, perish," from los "destruction, loss," from P.Gmc. *lausa (cf. O.N. los "the breaking up of an army"), from PIE base *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart, untie, separate" (cf. Skt. lunati "cuts, cuts off," lavitram "sickle;" Gk. lyein "to loosen, untie, slacken," lysus "a loosening;"

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L. luere "to loose, release, atone for"). Replaced related leosan (a class II strong verb whose pp. loren survives in forlorn and love-lorn), from P.Gmc. *leusanan (cf. O.H.G. virliosan, Ger. verlieren, O.Fris. urliasa, Goth. fraliusan "to lose"). Transitive sense of "to part with accidentally" is from c.1200. Meaning "to be defeated" (in a game, etc.) is from 1530s. To lose (one's) mind "become insane" is attested from c.1500. To lose out "fail" is 1858, Amer.Eng.

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losing definition

jargon
Said of anything that is or causes a lose or lossage.
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