loserish

English

Etymology

loser +‎ -ish

Adjective

loserish (comparative more loserish, superlative most loserish)

1. (informal) Like a loser (contemptible person or habitual failure).
   • 1999, Karen Kelly, Evelyn McDonnell, Stars don't stand still in the sky: music and myth, page 92:

     […] the ascent of a kind of stubborn geekiness that doubtless reflected a big chunk of MTV's demographics: young, male, white, and vaguely loserish, if only in their own tortured teenage minds.

   • 2004, Courtney Rubin, The Weight-Loss Diaries, page 71:

     My friends might be insulted and I'd feel loserish and left out and otherwise controlled by my diet.

Derived terms

• loserishness

Anagrams

• sloshier