born loser

plural born losers

1. derogatoryinformaloftenA person who is habitually unsuccessful or unlucky or who is prejudged to be a failure in life, especially one with a defeatist outlook.

   I will not marry a pessimist, a born loser, a fellow who has no fight in him.

   1940 September 29, “Letters Reveal Ordeals in France”, in New York Times, page 12

   2 more examples

   A born loser and high school dropout from Lufkin, Texas, McClure had been rejected by the Army and Air Force.

   1976 July 12, “The Corps on Trial”, in Time

   "Brain-dead kids. Born losers. No-hopers the lot of 'em. I mean, as a taxpayer, what do they effin' teach 'em in school these days? I ask you!"

   2016, Jack Chapman, Prodigal Son