Lexic.us

Definition of Losing

1. a. Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.

2. a. Causing or incurring loss; as, a losing game or business.

Definition of Losing

1. Adjective. That loses or lose, or has or have lost. ¹

2. Noun. The action of the verb '''to lose'''. ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of lose) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Losing

1. a loss [n -S] - See also: loss

Lexicographical Neighbors of Losing

Literary usage of Losing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"But there is a sixth mode of losing territory—namely, revolt. No special details are necessary with regard to loss of territory through subjugation, ..."

2. Around the world in eighty days by Jules Verne (1874)
"... RUNS GREAT RISK OF losing A REWARD OF TWO HUNDRED POUNDS. THIS voyage of eight hundred miles was a perilous venture, on a craft of twenty tons, ..."

3. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"Modes of acquiring and losing title.—The several gradations and stages, ... The methods, therefore, of acquiring on the one hand, and of losing on the other ..."

4. Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John by Elisha Kent Kane (1856)
"... we found our first refuge from the gale, she was precipitated into the sludge below, carrying away rail and bulwark, losing overboard our best shot-gun, ..."

5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"So many arguments arose out of the controversy, so many side-issues presented themselves, that both parties have been in danger of losing sight of the ..."

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