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},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"word": "受迫者"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"word": "劣勢方 /劣势方"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"word": "不被看好的一方"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"word": "弱旅"
},
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"tags": [
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "underdog"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"word": "eksterulo"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"word": "altavastaaja"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "outsider"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Außenseiter"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"tags": [
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אנדרדוג"
},
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "esélytelen"
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{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"word": "bedebah"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"word": "pecundang"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
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"word": "perdente"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "outsider"
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{
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "underdog"
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{
"alt": "はいざんしゃ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "haizansha",
"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"word": "敗残者"
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"code": "mk",
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
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"word": "azarão"
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"tags": [
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"word": "аутса́йдер"
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"tags": [
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"word": "проигра́вший"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "pobeždjónnaja storoná",
"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"tags": [
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"tags": [
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"word": "неуда́чник"
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"code": "es",
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"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "tapado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "cenicienta"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
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"feminine",
"masculine"
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"word": "maleta"
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
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"word": "underdog"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"tags": [
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"word": "mindrevärdig"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "loser"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "muai-rɔɔng",
"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"word": "มวยรอง"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gài-rɔɔng-bɔ̀n",
"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"word": "ไก่รองบ่อน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bîia-lâang",
"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"word": "เบี้ยล่าง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "competitor thought unlikely to win",
"word": "ezilen kişi"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ruòzhě",
"sense": "somebody at a disadvantage",
"word": "弱者"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chǔyú lièshì de rén",
"sense": "somebody at a disadvantage",
"word": "處於劣勢的人 /处于劣势的人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "diǎosī",
"sense": "somebody at a disadvantage",
"word": "屌丝"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "somebody at a disadvantage",
"word": "malfavorulo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "somebody at a disadvantage",
"word": "altavastaaja"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "somebody at a disadvantage",
"word": "hátrányos helyzetű"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "somebody at a disadvantage",
"word": "elnyomott"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "somebody at a disadvantage",
"tags": [
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"word": "lítilmagni"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "somebody at a disadvantage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oppresso"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "somebody at a disadvantage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "underdog"
},
{
"alt": "じゃくしゃ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jakusha",
"sense": "somebody at a disadvantage",
"word": "弱者"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "somebody at a disadvantage",
"word": "desfavorecido"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "somebody at a disadvantage",
"tags": [
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"word": "sotanero"
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"Underdog (disambiguation)"
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