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bottom feeder

[bot-uhm fee-der] / ˈbɒt əm ˌfi dər /


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The tabloid’s reporting on Edwards won new respect for a publication that had been derided as a bottom feeder in news media circles.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

In Weidman’s novel, the main character, a garment industry climber named Harry Bogen, is an impenitent snake, a moral bottom feeder who knows no bottom.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2023

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

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

When this program gains control, it is powerful enough to load the actual OS and hand control over to it. :bottom feeder: /n./

From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Raymond, Eric S.



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