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The phrase "a losing one" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation, strategy, or choice that is likely to result in failure or defeat.
Example: "Investing in that failing company was a losing one from the start."
Alternatives: "a futile effort" or "a doomed choice".
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Appearing worn out and flabbergasted, Chaney criticized his team for coasting, acting as if it was on a winning streak rather than a losing one.
But if the battle to move on from monarchy – or at least to sideline it – seems a losing one, and if they really must meddle, as Charles seems determined to, aren't there issues beyond the froth they might attend to?
A losing one.
In some ways, making a winning speech is harder than making a losing one.
Nobody wants the opening season in the new barn to be a losing one.
But for Rhodes and the Mariners bullpen, the battle is often a losing one.
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For almost everyone in Houston, last week was a lost one.
That does not mean this season is a lost one for the Red Storm.
It is not unusual for a mourner to talk out loud — to cry out — to a lost one, in an elevator, or while walking the dog.
More and more every year, because every year without a perceptible decrease in air pollution levels is a lost one.
Any one of those truths would be enough to help a lost one find the true path -‒just as I eventually did.
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