last place
Worst possible finish
Last place is the final position in a ranking or competition—the one with the lowest score, slowest time, or worst performance.
It implies having been beaten by everyone else: Our team finished in last place.
The phrase often carries connotations of disappointment or embarrassment, though sometimes worn as a badge of humble participation: Someone has to come in last place.
- loserDefeated competitor
- sore loserOne who pouts after defeat
- bottomLowest point or underside
- rock bottomLowest possible level
- bottom of the barrelWorst of what remains
finish · defeat · trailing · bringing up the rear · cellar · worst · tail · behind · caboose · basement · also-ran · straggler · wooden spoon · out of the running · consolation · participation trophy · humiliation · losing
- race resultswin, winner, podium finish, gold medal, silver medal
- standingsrankings, leaderboard, league table, ladder, seeding
- Non-winnersloser, runner-up, beaten, defeated, also-ran
- Dubious Honorsbooby prize, wooden spoon, participation trophy, consolation prize, dunce cap
- sports loserswooden spoon, cellar dweller, tailender, losing streak, winless
- losersloser, failure, runner-up, flop, beaten
last placefirst place
Winning position
gold medal · champion · top spot · first · number one
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