bottom feeder

[bot-uhm fee-der] / ˈbɒt əm ˌfi dər /

NOUN

lowlife

Synonyms

WEAK

base person bottom fish hungry puppy lowest common denominator riffraff scum slopsucker

Example Sentences

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The tabloid’s reporting on Edwards won new respect for a publication that had been derided as a bottom feeder in news media circles.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

In Weidman’s novel, the main character, a garment industry climber named Harry Bogen, is an impenitent snake, a moral bottom feeder who knows no bottom.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2023

“We’re like this entertainment-industry bottom feeder, and as such we have a ton of creative freedom to really define what the American pub quiz actually is.”

From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2020

A bottom feeder pretends to be a fearsome shark slayer after the son of a finned hoodlum meets an accidental death.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2019

Node:bottom feeder, Next:bottom-up implementation, Previous:bot spot, Up:= B = bottom feeder n.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.