Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lose out

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English

Syllables: lose out
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be at a disadvantage.

verb

To be defeated (by).

Example Sentences

"People who do not speak a second language find that they lose out when looking for a job."
"I think you will lose out on the exchange rate if you move to dollars now."
"I went for a job interview, but I lost out to a younger guy."
"Chelsea had two players sent off and lost out to a Heidar Helguson penalty in a heated west London derby."
"The Western Region learned that it was to lose out on new stock deliveries, inheriting instead 110 part-second-hand dual-heated Mk 2a vehicles from the Eastern Region."

Inflected Forms

loses out (present, singular) losing out (participle, present) lost out (participle, past) lost out (past)

Questions

What does lose out mean?: To be at a disadvantage.

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