outcompeted
Lost the contest
Outcompeted is the past tense of outcompete, meaning to surpass rivals in competition for resources, customers, or survival.
The term appears frequently in business and biology: Local shops were outcompeted by big-box retailers.
In ecology, one species outcompetes another when it more effectively exploits shared resources: Native plants were outcompeted by invasive species.
Legal status when insolvent
- displacedShifted from proper location
- undercutSell cheaper than rivals
- disruptedCaused disorder in
- obsoleteNo longer in use
supplanted · overtaken · underbid · outsold · commoditized · marginalized · disruption · startup
Overcame in a contest
- outdoneBeaten in performance
- outclassedBeaten by superior competition
- outmaneuveredDefeated through superior tactics
- outplayedDefeated through better play
overshadowed · eclipsed · surpassed · defeated · beaten · overcome · upstaged · dethroned
Removed from consideration
- relegatedAssigned lower rank
- upsetDisturb, topple, or shock
- seededPlaced in ranking order
- bracketSupport or category
playoffs · tournament · qualifier · wildcard · underdog · defeated · benched · cut
Complete vanishing of a species
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- fitnessGood physical shape
- endemicNative to one area
- outbredMated with non-relatives
predation · Darwinism · speciation · phenotype · die-off · ecological
bankruptcy
Legal status when insolvent
obsolete · supplanted · overtaken · underbid · outsold · commoditized · marginalized · disruption · startup · incumbent
bested
Overcame in a contest
- outdoneBeaten in performance
- outclassedBeaten by superior competition
- outmaneuveredDefeated through superior tactics
outplayed · overshadowed · eclipsed · surpassed · defeated · beaten · overcome · upstaged · dethroned · unseated
eliminated
Removed from consideration
bracket · playoffs · tournament · qualifier · wildcard · underdog · defeated · benched · cut · draft
extinction
Complete vanishing of a species
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- fitnessGood physical shape
- endemicNative to one area
outbred · predation · Darwinism · speciation · phenotype · die-off · ecological
outcompetedvictorious
Having achieved triumph
dominated · outperformed · triumphant · triumphed · dominant
outcompetedoutcompeting
Defeating through superior performance
overtaking · defeating · displacing · besting · outperforming