Football team without wingers got grief and, ultimately, lost (6)
I believe the answer is:
orient
'lost' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for orient that I've seen before include "Align (in a particular direction)" , "The east as opposed to the Occident" , "Countries east of the Mediterranean" , "Leyton -- FC" , "Rising earlier" .)