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Wiktionary
losingnoun
The action of the verb to lose.
losingadjective
That loses or lose, or has or have lost.
Being on the losing team is disappointing.
Wikipedia
Losing
Losing You is a song recorded by American recording artist Solange Knowles. It was written by Dev Hynes and Knowles, with production helmed by the former under his pseudonym Blood Orange along with Kevin Barnes. Serving as the lead single from her EP True, the song was first released for download on October 2, 2012 via Terrible Records, a label co-run by Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor. "Losing You" is a R&B, dance-pop and indie pop song with influences of electronic music. The song received universal acclaim from music critics. The single's accompanying music video was directed by Melina Matsoukas and shot at multiple locations in the township of Langa in Cape Town, South Africa. Following the release, "Losing You" reached the top ten of the single charts in Denmark and Flanders, and peaked at number 22 on the UK Indie Chart.
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losing
Losing refers to experiencing defeat, failure, or being unsuccessful in achieving a desired outcome or goal. It often involves the act of not winning or coming up short in a competition, game, or confrontation. Losing can also encompass the feeling of disappointment, discouragement, or sadness that arises as a result of not accomplishing what was expected or desired.
Webster Dictionary
Losing
of Lose
Losingadjective
given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening
Losingverb
causing or incurring loss; as, a losing game or business
Etymology: [See Losenger.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
losing
Said of anything that is or causes a lose or lossage. “The compiler is losing badly when I try to use templates.”
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
LOSING
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Losing is ranked #110825 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Losing surname appeared 159 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Losing.
96.2% or 153 total occurrences were White.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'losing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3000
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'losing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2284
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of losing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of losing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of losing in a Sentence
Without the long term investment of funds and the political commitment to continue the fight, we risk wasting the entire investment, we are going to go back to the situation where we are losing one million children a year in Africa.
I'm losing anywhere between 30 and 40 percent on every sale just so I don't lose 100 percent, because under current laws I can't give product that is non-compliant back to distributors.
Uber is basically Lyft 2.0. Good model, growing sales. But, yet again, here comes California math once more. It is still losing a ton of money, if you buy, you are buying a bull market, not a company.
This American government -- what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing some of its integrity? It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will.
I have kind of mixed feelings, especially this being the 25th year. We are losing something that’s always been there.
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