bottom feeder

Example Sentences

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But this is what the Trojans, who did not lose to any Pac-12 bottom feeder this season like UCLA, have provided us: The chance to happily keep dreaming.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2022

Add critical personnel deficiencies — Eastern Michigan rushed for 305 yards — and a brutal upcoming schedule, and ASU could quickly join Colorado as a season-long bottom feeder.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022

Meyer’s actions were the latest embarrassment for a franchise that’s been mostly a bottom feeder since Khan took over in 2012.

From Washington Times • Oct. 5, 2021

For most of the last two decades, the Cleveland Browns exemplified what it meant to be an N.F.L. bottom feeder.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2021

It is a bottom feeder and will take a fish-bait either alive or dead; it is said occasionally to run at a spinning bait when used very deep.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various