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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

The court heard that Fogg was of previous good character.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

And Stewart’s shaping of the character ennobled television in ways cosmic and small.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

As the show and the character grew in popularity, the choice was made to take the Crypt Keeper out of the Crypt and into the many realms of Kassir’s talents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Vincenzo Perugia was a new character: the Patriotic Italian.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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

“For the Dead Remember” sometimes gets bogged down in excessive detail, but the book is enlivened by eccentric characters, amusing anecdotes and bizarre through lines, such as the declining status of James’s teeth.

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

It had a sticker with an Asset Inventory Code that was sixteen characters long beginning with SS2K.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti


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