loser
n. countablen. someone who fails to win a game or competition. It is also a common, mean way to describe a person who seems unsuccessful or unpopular.
n. a person who is defeated in a contest or competition; also used as a pejorative for a person perceived as socially unsuccessful or lacking merit.
The loser of the race still gets a medal for finishing.
He felt like a total loser after he forgot his lines during the school play.
While the official results named him the loser of the election, his supporters argued that the narrow margin of defeat actually signaled a growing political movement.
From Middle English loser, losere, equivalent to lose + -er. In the sense of contemptible or worthless individual, perhaps an alteration of losel, which see.
Often used with the adjective 'sore' to describe someone who complains after losing.