as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
photographs of the low-life residents of postwar Paris
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Recent Examples of low-life
Megan McCluskey, TIME, 11 June 2024
The sad irony is that migrant workers contribute far more to the economy and well-being of this city than this lowlife ever has.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2024
The rampant smut that blighted Times Square and the constellation of lowlifes who orbited around it were tackled in that neighborhood in the mid ’90s.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
What kind of a complete scumbag lowlife piece of garbage does this?
—Dallas News, 25 May 2022
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Noun
Two King's Landing lowlifes known as Blood (Sam C. Wilson) and Cheese (Mark Stobbart) will play a grisly role in that plot.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 11 June 2024
The sad irony is that migrant workers contribute far more to the economy and well-being of this city than this lowlife ever has.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2024
The rampant smut that blighted Times Square and the constellation of lowlifes who orbited around it were tackled in that neighborhood in the mid ’90s.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
What kind of a complete scumbag lowlife piece of garbage does this?
—Dallas News, 25 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for low-life
Adjective
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Those ticket sales mark one of the lowest hauls to ever claim first place over the MLK holiday stretch.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
19 Jan. 2025
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Those numbers are stunningly low, especially for someone who fights through what some of the best checkers and two-way players around have to offer.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Now that movie’s writer-director, Leigh Whannell, has returned to bring another classic fiend into the 21st century, with Poor Things scoundrel Christopher Abbott as a family man who starts feeling a little hairy after a full-moon encounter at his childhood home.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025
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That this once-relevant scoundrel's fall from something like grace uplifts so many is a testament to the joy to be found in seeing a cocky operator get his overdue comeuppance.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The wretch was one E. W. Perera, a pivotal figure in the Ceylonese independence movement—and someone the narrator had celebrated growing up in Sri Lanka.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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The wretch in question has cut down one of the speaker’s spruce trees without his permission.—
Casey Cep,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2023
Adjective
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Across the lake, on the plebeian side, up the shoreline a mile or so, in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, stand twin 32-story towers dubbed Trump Plaza of the Palm Beaches.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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The other was the much more plebeian Chevrolet Bolt, which was cheaper but nowhere near as luxurious, nor as enjoyable to drive.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
30 Aug. 2024
Noun
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His affinity for wrestling villains, or heels, adds another layer to his potential return.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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His villains include both Presidents Bush; his heroes stretch back to William McKinley but include Richard Nixon, who raised tariffs in response to low-cost manufacturing from Asia, and, Lighthizer insists, Ronald Reagan.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Orange cats have earned an online reputation for being chaotic, energetic rascals.—
Gayoung Lee,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Dec. 2024
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Eventually, Sergei — now going by Kraven — begins knocking off a growing list of poachers, corporate rascals and international kingpins.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But on this southern front of the Trump empire, Palm Beach County, Donald Trump is flirting with ignoble defeat.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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This is something of an ignoble cap to one of the worst years of Rodgers' illustrious career.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
29 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Estrada praised his team for going after white supremacist gangs, fentanyl dealers, environmental polluters and other miscreants while favoring no party and no ideology.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
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Brothers Jeff and Steven McDonald helped put SoCal punk on the map in the late 1970s as teenage miscreants in Redd Kross, and now their unique tale is being told in the documentary Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story, which will be screening throughout the U.S. in December and January.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
20 Nov. 2024
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“Low-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/low-life. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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