Underdog
noun
A person or group that has less power, money, etc., who is expected to lose in a competition or battle.
In the upcoming football match, our team is considered the underdog.
Often appears as...
- love an underdog
- always the underdog
noun
A person who is unfairly treated or expects to be treated unfairly.
He always felt like the underdog in his family.
Often appears as...
- feel like an underdog
- treated as an underdog
noun
A company or country that is not as powerful as others but could still offer strong competition.
Despite being an underdog in the tech industry, the new startup surprised everyone with a novel innovation.
Often appears as...
- underdog in the market
- underdog in the industry
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Business
noun
A person or group that has less power, money, etc., who is expected to lose in a competition or battle.
In the upcoming football match, our team is considered the underdog.
Often appears as...
- love an underdog
- always the underdog
noun
A person who is unfairly treated or expects to be treated unfairly.
He always felt like the underdog in his family.
Often appears as...
- feel like an underdog
- treated as an underdog
noun
A company or country that is not as powerful as others but could still offer strong competition.
Despite being an underdog in the tech industry, the new startup surprised everyone with a novel innovation.
Often appears as...
- underdog in the market
- underdog in the industry
Usage tips
Business
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Support
People often root for underdogs, finding their success story inspiring and exciting.
Everyone cheered as the underdog team scored the winning goal.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Victory
The term suggests potential for surprising triumph despite the odds.
The underdog won the chess tournament, shocking the grandmasters.
Pro Tip 3/3Motivational Stories
Underdog is often used in narratives about overcoming adversity or achieving personal growth.
The film's protagonist went from an underdog to a champion.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Support
People often root for underdogs, finding their success story inspiring and exciting.
Everyone cheered as the underdog team scored the winning goal.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Victory
The term suggests potential for surprising triumph despite the odds.
The underdog won the chess tournament, shocking the grandmasters.
Pro Tip 3/3Motivational Stories
Underdog is often used in narratives about overcoming adversity or achieving personal growth.
The film's protagonist went from an underdog to a champion.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Support
People often root for underdogs, finding their success story inspiring and exciting.
Everyone cheered as the underdog team scored the winning goal.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Victory
The term suggests potential for surprising triumph despite the odds.
The underdog won the chess tournament, shocking the grandmasters.
Pro Tip 3/3Motivational Stories
Underdog is often used in narratives about overcoming adversity or achieving personal growth.
The film's protagonist went from an underdog to a champion.
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TED2016 in review PIPE...
back that can't be a lot of money to you but I do was going to underdogs I had ordered my shoes by the end of that day and they were delivered the next day at my home my mother told me and I loved it okay so let's just go through the conference a few things that I thought about okay so this the conference
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How we can use the...
an outsource call center staffed and managed entirely by underdogs. More than half of our hundreds of employees are severely disabled. Others come from other disadvantaged populations or just suffer from anxiety, low self-esteem and lack of confidence. The problem I needed to solve when we started out was
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Irma L. Olguin Jr.: How...
homes in those communities that are being built or bought by the people who are actually going to live in them; dilapidated buildings that once stood empty now full of energized underdogs sipping coffee and writing code and, most importantly, bringing with them the next generation of human
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The surprising science...
And it's very interesting to me that alpha males, when they do this, they become impartial. They don't support their mom or their best buddy. No, no, they stop fights, and they come up for the underdog in general. And this makes them extremely popular in the group,
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How playing sports...
The victory of the underdog over the favored team. The last minute penalty shot that wins the tournament. The high-energy training montages. Many people love to glorify victory on the playing field, cheer for favorite teams, and play sports.
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"To This Day" ... for...
if everyone around you wants to bury you beneath it? You have to believe that they were wrong. They have to be wrong. Why else would we still be here? We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them.
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Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
their pack hierarchy for a while the better his or her life will be this is why Aachen one of the mid-ranking path members now the majority of wolves that make up a pack are neither leader nor underdog most of these mid ranking
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Einstein's Escape from...
forced him out of the country. Take an individual who is struggling, complete underdog. Come back when you wish to be taken seriously! You know, he was brilliant. But he struggled within the world of formal academia.
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The unheard story of...
But most importantly, we call him an underdog because all he has is -- it's that Goliath is outfitted with all of this modern weaponry, this glittering coat of armor and a sword and a javelin and a spear,
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Stories of Photographing...
Not as a prizefighter or a champion, but as a compassionate bridge builder, thinking of the underdog. Whose eye is this? Someone you love, someone you hate? A different type of underdog.
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TED2016 in review PIPE...
back that can't be a lot of money to you but I do was going to underdogs I had ordered my shoes by the end of that day and they were delivered the next day at my home my mother told me and I loved it okay so let's just go through the conference a few things that I thought about okay so this the conference
Video examples
How we can use the...
an outsource call center staffed and managed entirely by underdogs. More than half of our hundreds of employees are severely disabled. Others come from other disadvantaged populations or just suffer from anxiety, low self-esteem and lack of confidence. The problem I needed to solve when we started out was
Video examples
Irma L. Olguin Jr.: How...
homes in those communities that are being built or bought by the people who are actually going to live in them; dilapidated buildings that once stood empty now full of energized underdogs sipping coffee and writing code and, most importantly, bringing with them the next generation of human
Video examples
The surprising science...
And it's very interesting to me that alpha males, when they do this, they become impartial. They don't support their mom or their best buddy. No, no, they stop fights, and they come up for the underdog in general. And this makes them extremely popular in the group,
Video examples
How playing sports...
The victory of the underdog over the favored team. The last minute penalty shot that wins the tournament. The high-energy training montages. Many people love to glorify victory on the playing field, cheer for favorite teams, and play sports.
Video examples
"To This Day" ... for...
if everyone around you wants to bury you beneath it? You have to believe that they were wrong. They have to be wrong. Why else would we still be here? We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them.
Video examples
Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
their pack hierarchy for a while the better his or her life will be this is why Aachen one of the mid-ranking path members now the majority of wolves that make up a pack are neither leader nor underdog most of these mid ranking
Video examples
Einstein's Escape from...
forced him out of the country. Take an individual who is struggling, complete underdog. Come back when you wish to be taken seriously! You know, he was brilliant. But he struggled within the world of formal academia.
Video examples
The unheard story of...
But most importantly, we call him an underdog because all he has is -- it's that Goliath is outfitted with all of this modern weaponry, this glittering coat of armor and a sword and a javelin and a spear,
Video examples
Stories of Photographing...
Not as a prizefighter or a champion, but as a compassionate bridge builder, thinking of the underdog. Whose eye is this? Someone you love, someone you hate? A different type of underdog.
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Quote examples
Feist
Canadian Musician
When I was in Beck's world, I felt like the little sister. I'm in the big brother's room with all his friends. You just hang out and keep your mouth shut so they don't realize you're there and kick you out. I like being in situations where I can be an underdog, where I can be in the corner and observe and soak it in.
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Jameela Jamil
English Celebrity
I've always been passionate about the concept of helping the underdog. It just doesn't make sense to me as to what kind of person would take a huge platform and not use it to do something, to change something, to help people.
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Eugene Levy
Canadian Actor
I love comedy. Playing the underdog, and getting the laughs is my form of entertainment. I could think of nothing different that I would want to be doing at this time in my life.
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James D. Watson
American Scientist
Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.
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Christina Aguilera
American Musician
That's why I wrote 'Fighter'. I have that need in me to help people. I am all about the underdog.
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Jim O'Heir
American Actor
I've always loved the underdog characters.
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Jan Blachowicz
My whole life, I am always the underdog.
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Eric Weddle
American Athlete
I've been the underdog my whole life.
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Dustin Poirier
American Athlete
I've been the underdog my whole life.
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Roger Ailes
American Businessman
I've been an underdog all my life.
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Feist
Canadian Musician
When I was in Beck's world, I felt like the little sister. I'm in the big brother's room with all his friends. You just hang out and keep your mouth shut so they don't realize you're there and kick you out. I like being in situations where I can be an underdog, where I can be in the corner and observe and soak it in.
Quote examples
Jameela Jamil
English Celebrity
I've always been passionate about the concept of helping the underdog. It just doesn't make sense to me as to what kind of person would take a huge platform and not use it to do something, to change something, to help people.
Quote examples
Eugene Levy
Canadian Actor
I love comedy. Playing the underdog, and getting the laughs is my form of entertainment. I could think of nothing different that I would want to be doing at this time in my life.
Quote examples
James D. Watson
American Scientist
Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.
Quote examples
Christina Aguilera
American Musician
That's why I wrote 'Fighter'. I have that need in me to help people. I am all about the underdog.
Quote examples
Jim O'Heir
American Actor
I've always loved the underdog characters.
Quote examples
Jan Blachowicz
My whole life, I am always the underdog.
Quote examples
Eric Weddle
American Athlete
I've been the underdog my whole life.
Quote examples
Dustin Poirier
American Athlete
I've been the underdog my whole life.
Quote examples
Roger Ailes
American Businessman
I've been an underdog all my life.
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