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also-ran

The ugly girl in a group of four or five hot girls. It's from
the horse racing term for a horse that did not win, place or show.

Her friends are hot, but she's an also-ran

by durns October 2, 2006

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also-ran

neither a loser nor a winner, inescapably more pathetic, less evocative of empathy, less romantic than winner or loser.

The Hollywood starlet had been attracted to champions and to down-and-outlaws, but the milquetoast also-ran in his Ford Pinto didn't even register beyond her retina.

by Slick Willy February 19, 2005

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also-ran

one with little talent or success; a contestant who loses the contest

Cold Mountain look like it's on its way to being an Oscar also-ran.

by SpeakEasy January 3, 2004

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