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[ loo-zing ] / ˈlu zɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR losing ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecausing or suffering loss. Origin of losingbefore 950; Middle English, Old English; see lose, -ing2, -ing1 OTHER WORDS FROM losinglos·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby losinglose time, lose touch, lose track, Losey, Los Gatos, losing, losingest, losing hazard, losings, loslyf, Los Mochis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for losingShe had been, he says, the backbone of their family and losing her shifted their entire emotional landscape. Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST But there's a ton of value for me in my background and my history, and losing it would be a shame. My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST Duke kept running for offices and losing by ever-greater margins. The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST In fact, Clark fell back first from her blows, losing his cap, tie, and badge in the melee. Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’|Gary May|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
For the first time in American history, rural America has been losing population. Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST He made as great an outcry about Sophie's going as he had about losing his stones. The Black Opal|Katharine Susannah Prichard They were, however, losing heavily, and found themselves unable to get any further. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915|Various I s'pose he wasn't going to take any chances of losing his heiress. The Mystery of Murray Davenport|Robert Neilson Stephens From this moment on he would be frantic for fear of losing it. Operation: Outer Space|William Fitzgerald Jenkins He commonly rode to the race-ground amongst the crowd, and kept in memory both the winning and losing horses. Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events|S. Baring-Gould
British Dictionary definitions for losing
adjectiveunprofitable; failingthe business was a losing concern Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to losingfalling, defeated, unsuccessful, futile, lost, doomed, failing, undone, ruined, desperate, hopeless |