defeatedde‧feat‧ed /dɪˈfiːtɪd/ adjective 
He looked lost and defeated.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Let's have a quick word with the two defeated finalists.
- The rebels hope to weaken the regime further by attacking its defeated and demoralised forces.
- Both housed defeated, but martial, races who made dominion enjoyable.
- I can see Mrs Berzins's defeated hesitancy as she fingers her amber necklace.
- She looked defeated, quite unlike her normal self.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who has lost
the person or group that has lost a game, competition, or election: · The losers walked slowly off the field.· I'd like to congratulate all our entrants, the winners and the losers.bad loser (=someone who behaves badly when they lose): · You're just a bad loser Phil, that's your problem.
: losing side/team etc one that has lost: · Nobody wants to be on the losing side.· The quiz show gives losing contestants the chance to see what they would have won.
the person or team that comes second or third in a game, race, or competition: · 100 lucky runners-up will receive a boxed set of CDs.· Gordon was also presented with a cheque as runner-up of the closely fought contest.
: defeated army/finalist/opponent etc one that lost the battle, war, game etc: · Let's have a quick word with the two defeated finalists.· The rebels hope to weaken the regime further by attacking its defeated and demoralised forces.
to lose a game, argument, election, war etc to lose a game, competition, fight, or war: · I always lose when I play tennis with my sister.lose a game/fight/election etc: · Everyone expected the Democrats to lose the election.· The Chicago Bears lost their eighth game in a row (=they lost eight games, one after the other).lose to: · England lost to Brazil in the final.· He lost his title unexpectedly to a man who is virtually unknown outside boxing circles.lose 3-2/by 1 goal/by 10 votes/by 20 points etc: · The Springboks lost by only three points to the All Blacks.· The match was lost 3 to 1.lose somebody the game/competition/election etc (=be the reason that someone lost): · Many people think that the Democrats' tax policies lost them the election.
to lose a game, competition, or race, often by a large amount or when you were expecting to win: · In 37 fights, Lewis has only been beaten once.· Jake sure doesn't like being beaten.be beaten by: · The Barbarians were beaten in the quarter-finals by the Korean side.get beaten: · We always seems to get beaten when we play in Europe.
to lose an important or difficult battle, election, or game: · Government forces took control of the town after the rebel forces were defeated.be defeated by: · Last night, the Raiders were defeated by a superior team.be badly/heavily/decisively defeated (=be very badly defeated): · He ran for Congress last year, but was decisively defeated.be narrowly defeated (=to lose but be very close to winning): · The Democratic Party was narrowly defeated in the general election, and will form a coalition with the Congress party.
when a person, team, or army is defeated in a game, competition, election, battle etc: · It was the Christian Democratic Party's fourth successive electoral defeat.defeat of: · the defeat of Napoleon at the battle of Waterloosomebody's defeat of somebody (=the fact that one person or team defeats another): · Scotland's defeat of Spainsomebody's defeat by somebody (=the fact that one person or team is defeated by another): · Mr Taylor blamed bad publicity for his defeat by Mr Jones.a crushing/humiliating/resounding defeat: · The captain offered no excuses for his team's humiliating defeat.· The New York Times described the withdrawal of troops as a resounding defeat for the government.suffer a defeat: · She retired from the sport after suffering a series of humiliating defeats.
if a very good player, team etc meets their match , they are beaten by an even better player, team etc, especially after a long period during which they were never beaten: · She's a good player but she'll meet her match when she plays Sara.meet your match in: · I slowly started to realize I had met my match in Nigel.
to lose very badly in a game of football, tennis etc: · `I hear you took a bit of a beating last night.' 'Yeah, we lost 12 -2.'
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The motion was defeated by 201 votes to 159.
· The survivors of his defeated army settled in Provence.
The motion was defeated by 201 votes to 159.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- In Hayward, a proposed library improvement tax was soundly defeated.
- Synthonia are now the only side without a win after they were soundly beaten at Blackhall.
- The Republicans were soundly defeated in the South, even in places where there were voting black majorities.
- They were led by a fanatical chieftain named Yusuf and Alfonso was soundly defeated at the battle of Sagrajas.
- When it came up for a vote in March, it was soundly defeated.
WORD FAMILYnoundefeatdefeatismdefeatistadjectivedefeatistdefeated ≠ undefeatedverbdefeat
sad and unable to deal with problems: He looked lost and defeated.