bottom feeder
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Langley, who went 126-61 during her six-year tenure at Rice, established a reputation as a program builder after resurrecting a Conference USA bottom feeder that was 9-21 the season before her arrival.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 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
“We’re like this entertainment-industry bottom feeder, and as such we have a ton of creative freedom to really define what the American pub quiz actually is.”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2020
A bottom feeder pretends to be a fearsome shark slayer after the son of a finned hoodlum meets an accidental death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2019
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 Eric S. Raymond
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