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al•so-ran

Pronunciation: (ôl'sō-ran"), [key]
—n.
1. Sports.
a. (in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
b. an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
2. Informal.a person who loses a contest, election, or other competition.
3. Informal.a person who attains little or no success: For every great artist there are a thousand also-rans.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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