bottom feeder
Example Sentences
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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
Add critical personnel deficiencies — Eastern Michigan rushed for 305 yards — and a brutal upcoming schedule, and ASU could quickly join Colorado as a season-long bottom feeder.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022
Meyer’s actions were the latest embarrassment for a franchise that’s been mostly a bottom feeder since Khan took over in 2012.
From Washington Times • Oct. 5, 2021
“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
It is very largely a bottom feeder and, therefore, rather of a sluggish nature.
From Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast by Payne, Harry Thom
