Underdog
WordNet
noun
(1) One at a disadvantage and expected to lose
WiktionaryText
Noun
- 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
- 2004: The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40
- 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.