Meaning of loser In English

• 0 a person or team that does not win a game or competition:

  • The losers of both games will play each other for third place.

  • He's a good/bad loser (= he behaves well/badly when he is defeated).

• 1 a person who is always unsuccessful at everything they do:

  • He's a born loser.

  • You're probably thinking, what a loser, right?

  • "Hey, you bunch of losers - keep walking!" shouted Bill.

• 2 someone or something that is in a worse position or has less value at the end of a process:

  • The latest price increases mean that the real loser, as usual, is the consumer.

  • On the London Stock Exchange, losers beat gainers 1,353 to 823.

• 3 a person who is defeated, or someone who regularly fails:

  • When she found out she’d been accepted to the program because of her low scores, she felt like a loser.

• 4 shares that lose value on a particular day:

  • On the London Stock Exchange, losers beat gainers 1,353 to 823.

• 5 a person or company that is at a disadvantage because of their particular situation:

  • In every deal, there are winners and losers.

  • the big/main/real losers The real losers will be the independent pharmacists who cannot buy in bulk and pass on the savings to customers.