loser

Universal Words noun 1 a person who is defeated in a competition: winners and losers * He's a good / bad loser (= he accepts defeat well / badly). 2 a person who is regularly unsuccessful, especially when you have a low opinion of them: She's one of life's losers. * He's a born loser. 3 a person who suffers because of a particular action, decision, etc: The real losers in all of this are the students.