losing (root: lose)

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: los=ing
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 2 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses) (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

losing, a. [See Losenger.].

 Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.  [1913 Webster]
"Amongst the many simoniacal that swarmed in the land, Herbert, Bishop of Thetford, must not be forgotten; nick-named Losing, that is, the Flatterer."  [1913 Webster]

losing, a. [See Lose, v. t.].

 Causing or likely to cause a loss; as, a losing game or business; a losing strategy.  [1913 Webster]
"Who strive to sit out losing hands are lost."  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

losing

Loss

N loss, deperdition, perdition, forfeiture, lapse, privation, bereavement, deprivation, riddance, damage, squandering, waste, losing, not having, shorn of, deprived of, denuded, bereaved, bereft, minus, cut off, dispossessed, rid of, quit of, out of pocket, lost, long lost, irretrievable, off one's hands, Int, farewell to!, adieu to.