underdog

See also: Underdog

English

under- +‎ dog

underdog (plural underdogs)

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!)
- 2014, Jacob Steinberg, "Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian, 9 March 2014:
  The visit of a Championship side would not normally send a shiver down their spine but they knew that Wigan were underdogs who would snap at their heels and that they possessed a potent bite if they were not kept on a firm leash.
Synonym: little guy
Somebody at a disadvantage.
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.

competitor thought unlikely to win

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: ventafocs (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 失敗者 (zh), 失败者 (zh) (shībaìzhě), 受迫者 (shòupòzhě), 劣勢方, 劣势方 (lièshì fāng), 不被看好的一方 (bù bèi kàn hǎo de yī fāng), 弱旅
Czech: outsider (cs) m
Danish: outsider c
Dutch: underdog (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: altavastaaja (fi)
French: outsider (fr) m
German: Außenseiter (de) m, Underdog (de) m

Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: esélytelen
Indonesian: bedebah (id), pecundang (id)
Italian: perdente (it) m, outsider (it) m
Japanese: 敗残者 (はいざんしゃ, haizansha)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: azarão m
Russian: аутса́йдер (ru) m (autsájdɛr), андердо́г (ru) m (andɛrdóg), проигра́вший (ru) m (proigrávšij), побеждённая сторона́ f (pobeždjónnaja storoná), подчини́вшаяся сторона́ f (podčinívšajasja storoná), неуда́чник (ru) m (neudáčnik)
Spanish: tapado (es) m (Argentina), cenicienta (es) f
Swedish: please add this translation if you can
Thai: ม้ามืด (máa mêut)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can

somebody at a disadvantage

Chinese:
Mandarin: 弱者 (zh) (ruòzhě), 處於劣勢的人, 处于劣势的人 (chǔyú lièshì de rén), 屌丝 (zh)
Finnish: altavastaaja (fi)
Hungarian: hátrányos helyzetű, elnyomott (hu)

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