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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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"People are seeing how smart you are and how you're actually so on it, and you're such a good judge of character," he praised.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

But unlike the most well-known version of that character, portrayed by Piper Laurie in Brian DePalma’s 1976 adaptation, Margaret is not a melodramatic, over-the-top, completely irrational zealot.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Harley is a character I’m almost certainly going to use in the DCU,” Gunn added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

A botched escape or a wrong turn in a storm is the result of a miscalculated risk, not a character flaw.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

He told her about his obsession with that ridiculous one with Brendan Fraser, about how he had dressed as a different character from the movie for every Purim since eighth grade.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Additions like a full bus system, detailed non-player characters and a much, much larger map all have gamers itching to start playing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

Yet in its polyphonic approach, “The Idiot” was more ambitious, its many and diverse characters never subsumed under a single authorial voice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Many factors contributed to that syndicated series’ success and Stewart’s resultant popularity as the man behind one of TV’s most beloved characters.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Transfers are authorised using "private keys" -- long strings of characters kept secret.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

I would draw the characters from my favorite games and cartoons.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks


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