underdog
a person who is expected to lose in a contest or conflict.
a victim of social or political injustice: The underdogs were beginning to organize their protests.
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How to use underdog in a sentence
The Rays have long enjoyed a reputation as an innovative underdog.
The Postseason Is A Two-Strike Game, And Other Observations From The MLB Playoffs | Travis Sawchik | October 9, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight“To put it simply, companies that once were scrappy, underdog startups that challenged the status quo have become the kinds of monopolies we last saw in the era of oil barons and railroad tycoons,” the report reads.
House lawmakers call for greater antitrust crackdowns on Big Tech | Lucinda Shen | October 7, 2020 | FortuneChina, the scrappy underdog, must rise up against an established and technologically superior foe bent on suppressing the weaker power, she writes.
Netflix enlisted ‘Game of Thrones’ team to adapt China’s best-selling sci-fi novel. Then came controversy | Grady McGregor | October 3, 2020 | FortuneAccording to our forecast, he still has a very real chance of winning, but he is the underdog.
Will The First Presidential Debate Shake Up The Race? | Sarah Frostenson (sarah.frostenson@abc.com) | September 29, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightRegardless of who wins, though, the nominee will start out as an underdog against Cornyn.
What You Need To Know About Today’s Elections In Alabama, Maine And Texas | Geoffrey Skelley (geoffrey.skelley@abc.com) | July 14, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
Before I was the underdog, slowly growing so people were rooting me on.
The Hot Designer Who Hates Fashion: VK Nagrani Triumphs His Own Way | Tom Teodorczuk | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo much of the fear the media tries to stoke in me is fear of the oppressed underdog lashing out.
Of Gamers, Gates, and Disco Demolition: The Roots of Reactionary Rage | Arthur Chu | October 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWeiland may look like an underdog across much of the state, but he has a big advantage in one area: Indian Country.
South Dakota's Bizarre Four-Way (Senate Election, That Is) | Ben Jacobs | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI've always felt like the underdog, so it was a big deal for me.
Michael B. Jordan: Playing a Black Superhero in 'Fantastic Four' Is a 'Huge Responsibility' | Kevin Fallon | September 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJack Hatch is an underdog who has been written off by the pundits.
2016 Dark Horse Martin O'Malley Is Boosting Iowa Democrats (and Himself) | Ben Jacobs | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOh, that's a chestnut that means merely that the underdog had better stay under if he can't fight his way out.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonWe Americans have a notable cultural premise in our consideration for the underdog.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. ParkLike communism, it needed to imagine a class war and felt that it had a tight vested monopoly of the underdog.
West Of The Sun | Edgar PangbornSo he arose and stamped out the smouldering embers of the fire he had builded, and whistled for the underdog.
The Book of Gud | Dan SpainThen the underdog licked his chops and Gud sighed, and together they departed from that place, very sorrowful that they had come.
The Book of Gud | Dan Spain
British Dictionary definitions for underdog
/ (ˈʌndəˌdɒɡ) /
the competitor least likely to win a fight or contest
a person in adversity or in a position of inferiority
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