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Defeat looks far from good in the record (6)

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I believe the answer is:

losing

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'record' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'defeat looks far from good in' is the wordplay.
'defeat looks far' becomes 'los' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'from' indicates an anagram (from the letters).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'g'+'in'='gin'
'gin' with letters rearranged gives 'ing'.
'los'+'ing'='LOSING'

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for losing that I've seen before include "Spice" , "being beaten?" , "Opposite of 9" , "Failing to keep" , "Misplacing or being defeated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Guardian.
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