defeated

Definitions of defeated
  1. noun
    people who are defeated
    “the Romans had no pity for the defeated”
    synonyms: discomfited
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    type of:
    people
    (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
  2. adjective
    beaten or overcome; not victorious
    “the defeated enemy”
    Synonyms:
    licked
    having been got the better of
    subjugated
    reduced to submission
    unsuccessful
    not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome
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    Antonyms:
    undefeated
    victorious
    triumphant, victorious
    experiencing triumph
    unbeaten, unconquered, unvanquished
    not conquered
    unbowed
    not forced to bow down to a conqueror
    successful
    having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
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  3. adjective
    disappointingly unsuccessful
    synonyms: disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted
    unsuccessful
    not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome
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