: a loser or predicted loser in a struggle or contest
2
: a victim of injustice or persecution
Example Sentences
I always root for the underdog instead of the favorite. As a lawyer, she consistently represented the underdog.
Recent Examples on the WebTelles was the most recent in a long line of public officials held to account by German, who fearlessly targeted his coverage from the perspective of the underdog, those who knew him said. Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022 Official Russian media outlets, meanwhile, reiterated months-old messaging that Russia is at war with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not Ukraine, and is in fact something of an underdog in the fight. Markus Ziener, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022 Ukraine’s battlefield prowess also illustrates a second lesson – the underappreciated power of the underdog. Daniel Treisman, CNN, 22 Aug. 2022 Sarcasm is the best tool of the underdog to make critiques of society. Josh Chesler, SPIN, 28 July 2022 Harris’s story is of the underdog making good, on foreign turf, no less. Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue, 11 July 2022 Tatum wants to see Boston maintain the mentality of the underdog. Tim Bielik, cleveland, 27 May 2022 And ever since, Stallone has continued to see himself as something of an underdog with plenty in common with that iconic character. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 26 Apr. 2022 The nation, whose love of an underdog is stronger by far than its taste for nineteenth-century Spanish art, awaits.The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2022 See More