3 example sentences using also-ran.
Also-ran used in a sentence
Also-ran in a sentence as a noun
One "also-ran" does not a "serious contender" make.
The iPhone pretty much single-handedly catapulted AT&T from an also-ran cell carrier to the top.
I find Amazon Instant Video to be a distant also-ran to Netflix, and this music service is vastly inferior to literally every other one I have tried.
Also-ran definitions
noun
a contestant who loses the contest
See also: loser