down-and-out
adjective
1
2
: physically weakened or incapacitated
down-and-out
noun
or down-and-outer
Synonyms
Examples of down-and-out in a Sentence
I'm over the flu, but I still feel down-and-out
a soup kitchen where the down-and-out daily line up for a hot meal
Recent Examples on the Web
The Dow and small-cap Russell 2000 were again the big winners as the rotation from market darlings to down-and-out names due for a catch-up trade continued.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 July 2024
In Giddens Ko’s Kung Fu, Ko plays one of two down-and-out students who stumble upon a martial arts master who changes their destiny – and that of their hometown.
—Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Earlier drafts of the script had a darker, noir thriller centered around a down-and-out hero drowning his pain in tequila and painkillers.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 4 May 2024
Adapted from Sara Gruen’s 2006 best-seller, the story follows the young Jacob Jankowski (Grant Gustin), a vet school dropout who stumbles into a job with a down-and-out circus in the early 1930s.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
Pyle, as Doom’s down-and-out mom, surprises with a deep, melodious bark of a voice, which matches Cammish’s own talented howl.
—Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
But the sight of a down-and-out Dan Aykroyd in a Santa suit eating a slab of salmon through his grungy cotton-candy beard fills us with the holiday spirit.
—Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2023
Based on Candice Fox’s best-selling Crimson Lake novels, Troppo stars Jane as a down-and-out ex-cop Ted Conkaffey, who teams up with Amanda Pharell (Chamoun), an eccentric small-town private investigator to find out who murdered a local tech pioneer.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Nov. 2023
To round out the character’s down-and-out image, the movie gives the fictional Rongen a drinking problem and hot temper that the real, exceedingly amiable Rongen didn’t possess.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 July 2024
In Giddens Ko’s Kung Fu, Ko plays one of two down-and-out students who stumble upon a martial arts master who changes their destiny – and that of their hometown.
—Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Earlier drafts of the script had a darker, noir thriller centered around a down-and-out hero drowning his pain in tequila and painkillers.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 4 May 2024
Adapted from Sara Gruen’s 2006 best-seller, the story follows the young Jacob Jankowski (Grant Gustin), a vet school dropout who stumbles into a job with a down-and-out circus in the early 1930s.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
Pyle, as Doom’s down-and-out mom, surprises with a deep, melodious bark of a voice, which matches Cammish’s own talented howl.
—Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
But the sight of a down-and-out Dan Aykroyd in a Santa suit eating a slab of salmon through his grungy cotton-candy beard fills us with the holiday spirit.
—Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2023
Based on Candice Fox’s best-selling Crimson Lake novels, Troppo stars Jane as a down-and-out ex-cop Ted Conkaffey, who teams up with Amanda Pharell (Chamoun), an eccentric small-town private investigator to find out who murdered a local tech pioneer.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Nov. 2023
To round out the character’s down-and-out image, the movie gives the fictional Rongen a drinking problem and hot temper that the real, exceedingly amiable Rongen didn’t possess.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
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“Down-and-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down-and-out. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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