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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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These odd choices and unexpected turns of phrase give the record character, even when the music doesn’t keep up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Johnson’s Trump then compared his devoted aide to a character from another horror movie.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

An anonymous account, whose picture resembled a "Jujutsu Kaisen" character dubbed by Tsuda, posted the videos in question.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

She's deliberately planned her look - clothes, hair and jewellery - to separate herself from Stern and "be seen as me and not that character".

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

He acknowledged that "DASCH's character is difficult to fathom."

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Playing versions of the Chaplins, the Holbrooke sisters share shades of classic Herzog characters while being quite unlike any of the eccentrics he’s brought to life before.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

"Through the characters, it shows the enduring nature of love and friendship, and that, even though all this stuff is going on, people survive."

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

AI imitation is a growing concern among performers worldwide, and the threat has roiled Japan's storied animation industry, whose voice actors are sometimes worshipped as much as their characters by fans.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

It also apparently has some weird all-knowing knowledge, because it warns its clueless mom about all the evil characters conspiring to abort the baby.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

And they had people dressed as Marvel characters!

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell




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