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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as in scoundrel
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Recent Examples of low-life
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
May whichever fanatical lowlife rises up to take his place be dispatched much more quickly.
—The Editors, National Review, 1 Aug. 2022
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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
May whichever fanatical lowlife rises up to take his place be dispatched much more quickly.
—The Editors, National Review, 1 Aug. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for low-life
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Alabama’s ceiling looked higher, but its floor looked lower.Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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New York City and Philadelphia were expected to hit the mid-50s Sunday and low 60s by Wednesday.Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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But think like a scoundrel for a second, like Star Wars Outlaws asks you to.Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024
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The plot is very old-school Conan Doyle, with scoundrels in sideburns and evil temptresses in gaudy frilly outfits.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2024
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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
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Had this poor wretch been well supplied with friends and money the result, as in numerous other instances, might have been different.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
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Once upon a time, a doddering old man spoke of a dream about a united city in this empire’s capital, where every man, woman, and child could walk its streets and live a good life regardless of their patrician or plebeian birthright.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
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Skeptics might shrug their shoulders at this plebeian fare.Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
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Or even an appearance from Tom Holland’s Peter Parker that would mean two hours haven’t been wasted watching this forgettable origin tale of a villain who’s not really THAT bad.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Sony still had the film rights to multiple Spider-Man villains and side-characters, and thus, went to work building its own universe.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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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
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Larraín’s third subject, Maria Callas, despite being born to an ignoble family and having to face wartime poverty during the 1940s, was no stranger to the trappings of an empyrean existence, but in constantly having to live up to it, like Diana, her life met an untimely end.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2024
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Anything can happen, but polling trends increasingly suggest that the presidency of Donald Trump, which has itself seemed like an eternity to many, may be heading to its ignoble end.Christopher R. Hill, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2020
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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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Greed, graft and the rise of the machine Chicago’s legacy of political greed is generations in the making, likely originating as early land swindlers, gamblers, merchants and miscreants settled in by the lake.Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
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“Low-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/low-life. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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