bottom feeder

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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

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

“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

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.