(~s)
If you describe a country, company, or product as a ~, you mean that it is not performing as well as its competitors.
The company has developed a reputation as a technological ~ in the personal-computer arena.
N-COUNT
(~s)
If you describe a country, company, or product as a ~, you mean that it is not performing as well as its competitors.
The company has developed a reputation as a technological ~ in the personal-computer arena.
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012