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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a loser for" is not standard in written English and may be considered awkward or incorrect without additional context.
It could be used in informal contexts to describe someone who is perceived as a failure in relation to something specific, but it requires clarification to be effective.
Example: "He felt like a loser for not getting the promotion he worked so hard for."
Alternatives: "a failure in" or "a disappointment for".
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They become a loser for life, all right?
The iPad bet could prove a loser for Apple.
It's a loser for me to make noise".
"To cancel is a loser for everyone," Chris Bergertron said in a comment.
He must think that it's nothing but a loser for him.
"I think timers are a loser for our shareholders," he said in an e-mail.
Friends of Navalny — and, you would think, common sense — say this case is a loser for Putin.
Could this turn out to be a zero-sum game, as Martin fears, with a loser for each winner?
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Both parties know that the gun control issue is a minefield and a surefire loser for a candidate.
You owned the stock after 1985 and you were a big loser for a long time in a rising market.
Hewlett-Packard, a big loser for a second day, knocked about 40 points off the average, sliding 9 1/8, to 130 7/8.
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