What's the difference between loser and schlemiel?

Loser


Definition:

  • (n.) One who loses.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A good chunk of the Trump base consists of people who consider themselves to be losers from four decades of political and economic orthodoxy.
  • (2) Instead he stood there as the only prime minister in the room – and the one great loser was the man who wasn’t there.
  • (3) These differences in hormonal responses to the fight are attributed to the more aggressive behavior displayed by the victorious opponents (winners) over their defeated competitors (losers).
  • (4) The victims of violence in 2007-08 are the losers."
  • (5) Our economic system has always required winners and losers.
  • (6) While the loser of an election is sometimes viewed as the leader of the out-of-power party, Clinton, at 69, is not positioned to make a third run for the White House and no longer sits atop a money-filled political organization.
  • (7) Longitudinal analyses including (a) comparisons of risk factor changes in subjects grouped as fitness "losers", "stable", "small gain", and "large gain", and (b) multiple regression analyses of relationships between fitness change and risk factor changes showed that fitness change was largely unrelated to risk factor changes.
  • (8) While this one will not go down as a comparable game-changer, it will at least change the growing perception of Romney as a loser, even if only temporarily.
  • (9) Toronto Cheapest for salmon Pricey for almost everything else Canada's biggest city came out the surprise loser in our survey, with our basket of goods costing 40% more in Toronto than in Berlin.
  • (10) The big symbolic loser is the Times, down 14.2% year on year: it has dropped back below 500,000, and is heading for the sort of sale it used to command before its long, expensive price war with the Telegraph.
  • (11) The biggest loser could be the state-owned oil company Rosneft, which bought Yukos assets in auctions when the latter's stock was almost worthless.
  • (12) Data indicated that the winners more nearly approximated their predicted weight than did the losers.
  • (13) Early on Sunday morning, Malcolm Turnbull looked out to the Australian electorate and expressed his own profound alienation from the lived experiences of the losers of globalisation – the people who had flocked to Nick Xenophon and Pauline Hanson and to Labor on the basis that the ALP had climbed down partially from the neoliberal pedestal constructed by Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.
  • (14) Many commentators considered the suggestion merely foolish, but computer hackers issued death threats against her and her children, which she promptly posted on Twitter, along with the defiant message: "Get stuffed, losers.
  • (15) Only last month the Financial Conduct Authority issued a report in which it said millions of older people were getting a poor deal from Britain's multibillion-pound annuity market, with the biggest losers those with the least money put aside for their retirement.
  • (16) We will take care of each individual customer who is affected.” VW scandal: the winners and losers, from carmakers to car owners Read more VW said overall sales were down 1.5% in Europe in October, but rose 6.8% in North America and were up 1.6% in China.
  • (17) One of the biggest losers are the estimated 12-20 million illegal immigrants living in the US, most of whom play an integral role in the economy, doing menial jobs that citizens do not want.
  • (18) The balance studies included not only urine and fecal loss but also skin, menstrual and hair losers.
  • (19) The most recent polling shows that backing the full replacement of Trident is not necessarily a vote winner, nor is opposing it necessarily a vote loser.
  • (20) The greatest loser is France, outcompeted by Germany within the eurozone, with poor growth prospects, large deficits, and its welfare system under strain.

Schlemiel


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We know him best as nerdy schlemiel Herb Stempel from Quiz Show , as weenie-wagger and bowling kingpin Jesus from The Big Lebowski , and as any number of rats and weirdos and yutzes these 30 years past.