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    [Noun]  | "al*so-ran" | \ ˈȯl(t)-(ˌ)sō-ˌran \


    1: a horse or dog that finishes out of the money in a race

    2: a contestant that does not win

    3: one that is of little importance especially competitively


    Origin: 1892 ;

     [ "also-ran" ]

    1: The ugly girl in a group of four or five hot girls. It's from

      * e.g.,  ... Her friends are hot, but she's an also-ran 


     [ "also-ran" ]

    2: the horse racing term for a horse that did not win, place or show.

     [ "also-ran" ]

    1: neither a loser nor a winner, inescapably more pathetic, less evocative of empathy, less romantic than winner or loser.

      * e.g.,  ... The Hollywood starlet had been attracted to champions and to down-and-outlaws, but the milquetoast also-ran in his Ford Pinto didn't even register beyond her retina. 

     [ "also-ran" ]

    1: one with little talent or success; a contestant who loses the contest

      * e.g.,  ... Cold Mountain look like it's on its way to being an Oscar also-ran. 

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