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Which cartoon character's name came to mean "insignificant or worthless"?

character

[kar-ik-ter] / ˈkær ɪk tər /




NOUN
portrayal of another
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As another gender-swapped character, Ms. Goerke is the pious Reverend, the only bardo inhabitant who understands that he is dead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

"I'm in church on Sunday. I even teach Bible study sometimes and you would look at the character on stage and go 'how can that be?'"

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

A few years after turning the garage into an ADU, she removed the stucco and installed cedar shingles in panels from Ganahl Lumber to add character and a natural feel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Prime Minister Albanese said the attack was a "test of our character" and led an outpouring of support for Haines, widely praised for her efforts to increase transparency in politics and crack down on corruption.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Traveler’s character was ahead of mine, firing arrows at a slime monster.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

There are close to 20 singing roles, and while Mr. Kolomiiets differentiates his main characters, the vocal writing for the soloists isn’t especially compelling or memorable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Viewers can expect “Star Wars” characters to sub in during special moments, as well as various Easter eggs to appear throughout the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Previously unseen footage from a much-loved episode of Only Fools and Horses will reveal more depth and texture to the characters of the classic British sitcom, the maker of a new documentary has said.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“The Brightness” returns to Westish roughly five years after “The Art of Fielding” and features many of the same characters, yet it wouldn’t be right to call it a sequel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

“There are something like fifty-two thousand characters in the Chinese language so you can imagine seventeen messages which were nine or ten groups long each one, what a gigantic hunt would have to go on.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield


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