"losing streak" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-losing streak.ogg [Australia] Forms: losing streaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} losing streak (plural losing streaks)
  1. An uninterrupted sequence of losses. Related terms: winning streak Translations (sequence of losses): tappioputki (Finnish), Pechsträhne [feminine] (German), mala racha [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-losing_streak-en-noun-spmHyLM7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of 'sequence of losses': 100 0
  2. (slang) Menstruation Tags: slang Translations (slang: menstruation): menkat (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-losing_streak-en-noun-FlHsus69 Disambiguation of 'slang: menstruation': 1 99

Inflected forms

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