a person, team, country, etc. that is thought to be in a weaker position than others and therefore not likely to be successful, win a competition, etc:
Before the game we were definitely the underdogs. * In politics, he was a champion of the underdog (= always fought for the rights of weaker people).
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for underdog is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is underdog a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, underdog is tagged as noun.
Does underdog appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — underdog appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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