| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| also-ran |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·so-ran |
| PRONUNCIATION: | ôl s -r n |
| NOUN: | 1. A horse that does not win, place, or show in a race. 2. A loser in a competition, as in an election: “had enough support to place him in the middle of the also-rans” (George F. Will). 3. One that has little talent or success: just an also-ran in the art world.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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