Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being lost; liable to be lost.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Such as can be lost.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective that can be
lost
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Examples
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He knew that the war was not winnable and was very losable.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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He knew that the war was not winnable and was very losable.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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He knew that the war was not winnable and was very losable.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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A new treaty could take three months to negotiate and may require losable referendums in countries such as Ireland.
Europe Secures Agreement To Draft New Treaty For Deeper Integration [LIVE UPDATES] 2011
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Because it will just be another turn in his ongoing downward spiral toward losing the un-losable election.
Saturday in Springfield - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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"All these games are winnable and losable no matter what you've done the week before," cautioned Johnson, reaching for one more verbal bucket of cold water.
Hendre Fourie and Matt Banahan amplify the depth of England's advances Robert Kitson at Twickenham 2010
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"All these games are winnable and losable, no matter what you've done the week before," Johnson said.
From turmoil to vindication, Martin Johnson has cause for satisfaction Richard Williams at Twickenham 2010
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I favor him over Obama who is just a media phenom whose self-adoration and Harvard elitism is going to cause him to lose the un-losable election.
McCain Raises $27 Million in July - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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And I can look for safety in giving myself away to the world's least losable things.
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The functional pacifists, Kilcullens and others are devoted to making warfare symmetrical — that is, from the point of the US, losable — while saying the opposite.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Targeted Killing in US Counterterrorism Strategy and Law: 2009
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