bottom of the barrel
Example Sentences
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Nygren is a value-stock investor, but that does not mean he scrapes the bottom of the barrel for the cheapest stocks.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026
Instead, he’s struck out 41 times and hits a whopping .153, comfortably bottom of the barrel in the Dodgers lineup.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025
The horror space does not necessarily demand ingenuity; there’s an audience for even the worst drivel at the bottom of the barrel.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2025
“You can be quite certain that at the bottom of the barrel of that supply chain, someone is making next to nothing,” Gutfreund says.
From National Geographic • Feb. 5, 2024
By the end of the first week, I was scrounging at the bottom of the barrel for deals to make.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
