as in opportunist
one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong that bottom-feeder would run over his own mother if it would help him get ahead in his career

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Recent Examples on the Web Baylor could be described as a longtime bottom-feeder on the rise when CU left the Big 12. Sarah Kelly, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2024 However, somehow out-tanking other bottom-feeders around the league will be the only way to get him in a Brooklyn uniform. C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024 The remaining schedule includes two games against lowly Georgetown, including this Wednesday on the road, and another against Big East bottom-feeder DePaul. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2024 Useful tip: Many anglers think of catfish as bottom-feeders that prefer cut bait or stink bait. Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024 The tide unexpectedly began to turn in 2022, when a team projected for another year as a bottom-feeder instead finished as the best team in the AL to miss the playoffs. Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 17 Sep. 2023 The program has made huge gains in the past decade after more than 20 years as a Bowl Subdivision bottom-feeder in the wake of major NCAA sanctions and penalties in the late 1980s. Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023 Carp, maybe, or catfish, bottom-feeders the ice has brought to the surface. Stuart Dybek, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2023 Under Snyder's stewardship, the Commanders went from one of the NFL's most consistent and iconic franchises to a perennial bottom-feeder. Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023

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“Bottom-feeder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottom-feeder. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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