underdog

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Etymology

From under + dog.

Noun

underdog (plural underdogs)

1. A competitor thought unlikely to win.
   • 2004: The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40

     In Athens, the Americans are underdogs to the Chinese and the Canadians (the Canadians!)

2. Somebody at a disadvantage.
3. A high swing wherein the person pushing the swing runs beneath the swing while the person being pushed is at the forward limit of the arc.

Antonyms

• favourite, favorite
• sure bet
• safe bet
• top dog

Translations

competitor thought unlikely to win

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 失敗者 (cmn), 失败者 (cmn) (shībaìzhě), 受迫者 (cmn) (shòupòzhě), 劣勢方 (cmn), 劣势方 (cmn) (lièshì fāng), 不被看好的一方 (cmn) (bù bèi kàn hǎo de yī fāng)

• Dutch: underdog (nl) m
• Finnish: altavastaaja (fi)
• French: outsider (fr) m
• Italian: perdente (it) m, outsider (it) m
• German: Außenseiter (de) m, Underdog (de) m
• Japanese: 敗残者 (ja) (はいざんしゃ, haizansha)

• Polish: najsłabsze ogniwo (pl) n, outsider (pl) m
• Portuguese: mané (pt) m
• Russian: аутсайдер (ru) (autsájdɛr) m, андердог (ru) (andɛrdóg) m, проигравший (ru) (proigrávšij) m, побеждённая сторона (ru) (pobeždjónnaja storoná) f, подчинившаяся сторона (ru) (podčinívšajasja storoná) f, неудачник (ru) (neudáčnik) m
• Spanish: tapado (es) m (Argentina)
• Thai: ม้ามืด (th)

somebody at a disadvantage

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弱者 (cmn) (ruòzhě), 處於劣勢的人 (cmn), 处于劣势的人 (cmn) (chǔyú lièshì de rén)

• Finnish: heikompi (osapuoli)
• Italian: oppresso (it) m
• Japanese: 弱者 (ja) (じゃくしゃ, jakusha)

See also

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