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Lose Vs. Loose
A lot of people are mixing up lose and loose. In particular, a lot of people are writing loose when they really mean lose. Here are the definitions of the two words:
LOSE
Lose, Loses, Losing, Loser, Lost, Loss, Losses
verb (used with object)
1.
to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
3.
to suffer the deprivation of: to lose one's job; to lose one's life.
6.
(of a clock or watch) to run slower by: The watch loses three minutes a day.
7.
to give up; forfeit the possession of: to lose a fortune at the gaming table.
8.
to get rid of: to lose one's fear of the dark; to lose weight.
11.
to have slip from sight, hearing, attention, etc.: to lose him in the crowd.
13.
to leave far behind in a pursuit, race, etc.; outstrip: She managed to lose the other runners on the final lap of the race.
22.
(of a woman) to fail to be delivered of (a live baby) because of miscarriage, complications in childbirth, etc.
verb (used without object)
23. to suffer loss: to lose on a contract.
25.
to depreciate in effectiveness or in some other essential quality: a classic that loses in translation.
—Verb phrase
27.
lose out, to suffer defeat or loss; fail to obtain something desired: He got through the preliminaries, but lost out in the finals.
—Idiom
28.
lose face. face ( def. 48 ) .
LOOSE
Loose, Looser, Loosest, Loosened, Loosely, Looseness, Loosen, Loosening
/lus/ Show Spelled [loos] Show IPA adjective, loos·er, loos·est, adverb, verb loosed, loos·ing.
adjective
1.
free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
2.
free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in alleyways at night.
3.
uncombined, as a chemical element.
4.
not bound together: to wear one's hair loose.
5.
not put up in a package or other container: loose mushrooms.
6.
available for disposal; unused; unappropriated: loose funds.
7.
lacking in reticence or power of restraint: a loose tongue.
10.
sexually promiscuous or immoral; unchaste.
11.
not firm, taut, or rigid: a loose tooth; a loose rein.
15.
having few restraining factors between associated constituents and allowing ample freedom for independent action: a loose federation of city-states.
16.
not cohering: loose sand.
17.
not strict, exact, or precise: a loose interpretation of the law.
adverb
19.
in a loose manner; loosely (usually used in combination): loose-flowing.
verb (used with object)
20.
to let loose; free from bonds or restraint.
24.
to shoot; discharge; let fly: to loose missiles at the invaders.
25.
to make less tight; slacken or relax.
26.
to render less firmly fixed; lessen an attachment; loosen.
verb (used without object)
27.
to let go a hold.
30.
Obsolete . to become loose; loosen.
Idioms
31.
break loose, to free oneself; escape: The convicts broke loose.
33.
cut/let-loose,
to become free, independent, etc.
34.
hang/stay-loose, Slang . to remain relaxed and unperturbed.
36.
on the loose,
a.
free; unconfined, as, esp., an escaped convict or circus animal.
b.
behaving in an unrestrained or dissolute way: a monster on the loose.
37.
turn loose, to release or free, as from confinement: The teacher turned the children loose after the class.
Examples:
Your play style is too loose.
I will not lose these units.
Which game did you lose?
One way to remember the difference between the two words is to think that "lose has lost an 'o'".
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Imbalance Vs. Unbalance
IMBALANCE
im·bal·ance
/ɪmˈbæləns/ Show Spelled[im-bal-uhns] Show IPA
Imbalance, Imbalanced, Imbalances
noun
1.
the state or condition of lacking balance, as in proportion or distribution.
2.
faulty muscular or glandular coordination.
Medically:
lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion: as
a : loss of parallel relation between the optical axes of the eyes caused by faulty action of the extrinsic muscles and often resulting in diplopia
b : absence of biological equilibrium vitamin imbalance > the ductus arteriosus fails to close, a circulatory imbalance results — E. B. Steen & Ashley Montagu >
c : a disproportion between the number of males and females in a population
1.
A lack of balance, as in distribution or functioning.
2.
Lack of equality in some aspect of binocular vision, as in strabismus.
UNBALANCE
un·bal·ance
unbalance, unbalanced, unbalancing, unbalances, unbalancable
/ʌnˈbæləns/ Show Spelled [uhn-bal-uhns] Show IPA verb,
verb (used with object)
1.
to throw or put out of balance.
2.
to disorder or derange, as the mind.
noun
3.
unbalanced condition.
n. The condition of being unbalanced
Examples:
The game was imbalanced.
The unbalancable equipment caused problems.
We could not overcome the imbalance.
One thing to remember when deciding which word to use that unbalance is typically used as a verb (with only like 1 single use as a objective noun) and imbalance is a noun.
TAKE THIS TEST AND WIN THE INTERNET!
Place the correct words in the proper sentences. See how you score
Lose vs Loose:
My kitty ___ his ball in the gutter.
If you ___ it, the car will run better.
The ___ of hair was attributed to his male pattern baldness.
The ___ of the women in this country is somewhat disturbing.
Will you ___ the game?
The poker player was ___ .
In a hurry, I ___ threw on my shoes and ran out the door.
Greg is a sore ___ .
Goatse man is just ___ out his muscles.
We licked our wounds and counted our ___ .
When we ___ the bolt the whole thing just fell apart.
No matter if Vuvuzela wins or ___ they still blow their horns.
The ___ I felt, the more I won.
I'm ___ my mind.
The ___ slots are always in the front of the casino, but you still come home a ___.
Imbalance vs Unbalance:
The scales are ___ .
The chemical ___ caused the poor man to go crazy .
The state of the game was ___ .
The ___ rotor on the airplane caused problems.
The ___ were obvious to even the novices.
We laughed as we ___ the seesaw.
The mentally disturbed man was ___ .
We can __ the sword if we bend it.
The fantastic singer ___ the chorus.
We quit when we discovered the game was ___ with the tools that we had.
We spent the whole hour ___ the ___ teams.
 
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Washington, D.C9935 Posts
TAKE THIS TEST AND WIN THE INTERNET!
Place the correct words in the proper sentences. See how you score
Lose vs Loose:
My kitty ___ his ball in the gutter.
If you ___ it, the car will run better.
The ___ of hair was attributed to his male pattern baldness.
The ___ of the women in this country is somewhat disturbing.
Will you ___ the game?
The poker player was ___ .
In a hurry, I ___ threw on my shoes and ran out the door.
Greg is a sore ___ .
Goatse man is just ___ out his muscles.
We licked our wounds and counted our ___ .
When we ___ the bolt the whole thing just fell apart.
No matter if Vuvuzela wins or ___ they still blow their horns.
The ___ I felt the more I won.
I'm ___ my mind.
The ___ slots are always in the front of the casino, but you still come home a ___.
Imbalance vs Unbalance:
The scales are ___ .
The chemical ___ caused the poor man to go crazy .
The state of the game was ___ .
The ___ rotor on the airplane caused problems.
The ___ were obvious to even the novices.
We laughed as we ___ the seesaw.
The mentally disturbed man was ___ .
We can __ the sword if we bend it.
The fantastic singer ___ the chorus.
We quit when we discovered the game was ___ with the tools that we had.
We spent the whole hour ___ the ___ teams.
i... don't know what to say.
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Born to loose, live to win
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I don't get this, clearly I must be one of the people mixing up these words if I can't comprehend what's going on here.
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On June 24 2010 11:55 JohannesH wrote:
Born to loose, live to win
fail
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On June 24 2010 11:58 DrTJEckleburg wrote:
I don't get this, clearly I must be one of the people mixing up these words if I can't comprehend what's going on here.
take the test and we'll correct it for you
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there's no way people mess this up often enough to justify this
besides the relevance to this forum in particular is lose at best
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Lose vs Loose:
My kitty ___ his ball in the gutter. found
If you ___ it, the car will run better. find
The ___ of hair was attributed to his male pattern baldness. gain
The ___ of the women in this country is somewhat disturbing. minds
Will you ___ the game? Win
The poker player was ___ . winning
In a hurry, I ___ threw on my shoes and ran out the door. Tightly
Greg is a sore ___ . Winner
Goatse man is just ___ out his muscles. what the fuck.
We licked our wounds and counted our ___ . finds
When we ___ the bolt the whole thing just fell apart. found
No matter if Vuvuzela wins or ___ they still blow their horns. wins
The ___ I felt the more I won. tight
I'm ___ my mind. winning
The ___ slots are always in the front of the casino, but you still come home a ___. winner winner
Imbalance vs Unbalance:
The scales are ___ . imbaaaaaaaaaaaaaa like reavers
The chemical ___ caused the poor man to go tdotcrazy . imba
The state of the game was ___ . imba
The ___ rotor on the airplane caused problems. imba
The ___ were obvious to even the novices.imba
We laughed as we ___ the seesaw. imba
The mentally disturbed man was ___ . very imba
We can __ the sword if we bend it. imba
The fantastic singer ___ the chorus. imba
We quit when we discovered the game was ___ with the tools that we had. imba
We spent the whole hour ___ the ___ teams. imbaing imba
did i win?
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Lose vs Loose:
My kitty _lost__ his ball in the gutter.
If you _loosen__ it, the car will run better.
The __loss_ of hair was attributed to his male pattern baldness.
The _size__ of the women in this country is somewhat disturbing.
Will you __lose_ the game?
The poker player was __out 16k_ .
In a hurry, I __loosely_ threw on my shoes and ran out the door.
Greg is a sore _loser__ .
Goatse man is just __loosening_ out his muscles.
We licked our wounds and counted our _std's__ .
When we _loosened__ the bolt the whole thing just fell apart.
No matter if Vuvuzela wins or __loses_ they still blow their horns.
The _less__ I felt the more I won.
I'm _masturbating in__ my mind.
The __loose??? (dont understand gambling)_ slots are always in the front of the casino, but you still come home a _loser__.
i'm not doing the balance one cuz i've never been gay enough to use unbalance in a sentence
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United States44128 Posts
I would much rather you spent your time dealing with the epidemic of people writing "dieing". Triple vowels must be stopped.
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On June 24 2010 12:13 KwarK wrote:
I would much rather you spent your time dealing with the epidemic of people writing "dieing". Triple vowels must be stopped.
don't tell Hawaii, they'll start throwing fire and shit
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On June 24 2010 11:49 CharlieMurphy wrote:
The unbalanced equipment caused problems.
Usage lose. Getting a little loose with your grammar.
Unbalanced is the past tense form of the verb unbalance; the adjective form of unbalance (as a noun) is unbalanceable.
The unbalanceable equipment caused problems. That is, the equipment itself could not be balanced, and thus caused problems.
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On June 24 2010 12:13 KwarK wrote:
I would much rather you spent your time dealing with the epidemic of people writing "dieing". Triple vowels must be stopped.
manoeuver?
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On June 24 2010 12:16 gchan wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2010 11:49 CharlieMurphy wrote:
The unbalanced equipment caused problems.
Usage lose.
Usage loss.
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Yeah I noticed that when I was writing it. I was trying to decide whether I wanted to be ironic and use the meme, or be grammatically correct. Irony is more humorous than correct grammar.
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Thank you for posting this! Have you made similar threads for "your" vs. "you're" (and the much less common "yore,") or for "there" vs. "their" vs. "they're?"
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On June 24 2010 12:35 VeRy wrote:
Thank you for posting this! Have you made similar threads for "your" vs. "you're" (and the much less common "yore,") or for "there" vs. "their" vs. "they're?"
no, but other people have.
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The scales are imba.
The chemical imba caused the poor man to go crazy .
The state of the game was imba.
The unba rotor on the airplane caused problems.
The imbas were obvious to even the novices.
We laughed as we unba the seesaw.
The mentally disturbed man was imba. (seriously, 50 speed off creep?)
We can unba the sword if we bend it.
The fantastic singer unba the chorus.
We quit when we discovered the game was imba with the tools that we had.
We spent the whole hour unba the imba teams.
im so good at this
on the other hand, i havent seen anyone mess up lose vs loose for a while. or maybe i just block it out. i see noone more often =\
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On June 24 2010 12:03 mOnion wrote:
there's no way people mess this up often enough to justify this
besides the relevance to this forum in particular is lose at best
if u think that, you must be one of them
edit: charlie has my support
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On June 24 2010 12:16 gchan wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2010 11:49 CharlieMurphy wrote:
The unbalanced equipment caused problems.
Usage lose. Getting a little loose with your grammar. Unbalanced is the past tense form of the verb unbalance; the adjective form of unbalance (as a noun) is unbalanceable. The unbalanceable equipment caused problems. That is, the equipment itself could not be balanced, and thus caused problems.
thanks for the correction, I hastily pasted the examples in there when I realized I'd forgotten them for imba/unba. But the point is that it's the correct prefix on the word so it doesn't matter that much.
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I tried not to lose my mind when I had to loose it to comprehend what the difference was between umbalanced and imbalanced. This however did not go all too well since my mind is currently imbalanced after the rigorous attemt as to not to unbalance my line of thought. To lose, when attemting to loose, seemed to have an imbalancing result.
+ Show Spoiler +My try at applying the knowledge acquired by this post
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do people actually mess up lose and loose....?
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On June 24 2010 12:43 banana wrote:I tried not to lose my mind when I had to loose it to comprehend what the difference was between umbalanced and imbalanced. This however did not go all too well since my mind is currently imbalanced after the rigorous attemt as to not to unbalance my line of thought. To lose, when attemting to loose, seemed to have an imbalancing result. + Show Spoiler +My try at applying the knowledge acquired by this post
close but following "to" it should be "loosen". that'd be the verb phrase
loose is an adjective
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On June 24 2010 12:50 SC2Phoenix wrote:
do people actually mess up lose and loose....?
i don't get the point of this thread, there are COUNTLESS words that are commonly misused/switched with other words, and efforts would be in vain trying to help all those people
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i don't get the point of this thread, there are COUNTLESS words that are commonly misused/switched with other words, and efforts would be in vain trying to help all those people The only hard ones I can think of would be: already and all ready, altogether and all together.
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I had a final for a class this past quarter where in the directions it said, "You will loose points for incorrect spelling." I raged and circled it.
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On June 24 2010 13:05 Teogamer wrote:
I had a final for a class this past quarter where in the directions it said, "You will loose points for incorrect spelling." I raged and circled it.
maybe the teacher was testing people, bonus points for circling it?
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I fully support this blog. I'm soooo tired of reading people say "loose" instead of "lose". Most likely this won't change a thing though... At least I'll have a place to link them though!
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On June 24 2010 13:14 selboN wrote:
I fully support this blog. I'm soooo tired of reading people say "loose" instead of "lose". Most likely this won't change a thing though... At least I'll have a place to link them though!
that would be the goal :D
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On June 24 2010 13:14 selboN wrote:
I fully support this blog. I'm soooo tired of reading people say "loose" instead of "lose". Most likely this won't change a thing though... At least I'll have a place to link them though!
I like it, it makes you read things in a charming "English is only my second language" accent.
1 star CM for being a looser.
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On June 24 2010 12:16 gchan wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2010 11:49 CharlieMurphy wrote:
The unbalanced equipment caused problems.
Usage lose. Getting a little loose with your grammar. Unbalanced is the past tense form of the verb unbalance; the adjective form of unbalance (as a noun) is unbalanceable. The unbalanceable equipment caused problems. That is, the equipment itself could not be balanced, and thus caused problems.
I don't want to start an argument, but as far as I can see, "unbalanced" is totally correct. Why can't equipment have been unbalanced [by someone/something]?
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On June 24 2010 13:43 Z3kk wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2010 12:16 gchan wrote:On June 24 2010 11:49 CharlieMurphy wrote:
The unbalanced equipment caused problems.
Usage lose. Getting a little loose with your grammar. Unbalanced is the past tense form of the verb unbalance; the adjective form of unbalance (as a noun) is unbalanceable. The unbalanceable equipment caused problems. That is, the equipment itself could not be balanced, and thus caused problems. I don't want to start an argument, but as far as I can see, "unbalanced" is totally correct. Why can't equipment have been unbalanced [by someone/something]?
it sounds right yes, but technically 'unbalanced' is not an adjective.
So yes I could say we unbalanced the equipment, but I couldn't say the unbalanced equipment.
At least I think so?
wait, no I think it can be used as an adjective because unbalanceable wouldn't always make sense with what you're trying to say.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbalanced
take this sentence from my test for example:
The ___ rotor on the airplane caused problems.
both words would work here and imply different things.
ps- firefox thinks unbalanceable is misspelled
pps- I need to find a better dictionary site, whenever I type into google it's always incomplete definitions and uses listed.
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Charlie is unbalanced.
The word is definitely an adjective.
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On June 24 2010 12:13 KwarK wrote:
I would much rather you spent your time dealing with the epidemic of people writing "dieing". Triple vowels must be stopped.
Bureau?
Although, technically that comes from French, BUT IT'S ALSO IN ENGLISH NOW!
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I'm still wondering how you can mix up those two words...:s
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On June 24 2010 15:06 SilverSkyLark wrote:
I'm still wondering how you can mix up those two words...:s
yea how is that even possible 
Tho i hate when i loose because my units are dieing!
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I'm loose.
I'm LOST.
I'm a loser.
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
Charliemurphy posting LOOSELY is a LOSE LOSE for everyone LOOSELY speaking
Score?
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On June 30 2010 08:44 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
Charliemurphy posting LOOSELY is a LOSE LOSE for everyone LOOSELY speaking
Score?
Your score = win, losely speaking.
Well you did better than monion, who loost completely.
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People gotta stop correcting other people's grammar, soon it's going to be hard to spot idiots.
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