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  • [MIT] vi. To fail. A program loses when it encounters an exceptional condition or fails to work in the expected manner.
  • To be exceptionally unesthetic or crocky.
  • Of people, to be obnoxious or unusually stupid (as opposed to ignorant). See also deserves to lose.
  • n. Refers to something that is losing, especially in the phrases "That's a lose!" and "What a lose!"