also-ran
- n a contestant who loses the contest
- Nintendo has sold more than 24 million units of the $250 console, widely expected to be an also-ran to Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's PlayStation when the three machines were .
- Some political watchers, including poll respondents, are already considering Paul an also-ran.
- In 1929, when the Lazarus family bought Shillito's, Fred Lazarus moved to Cincinnati, turned Shillito's from an also-ran to the town's frontrunner.