as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
photographs of the low-life residents of postwar Paris
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Recent Examples of low-life
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
Inside, everything was magically transformed into a 1930s Parisian low-life dive.
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Hamish Bowles,
Vogue,
23 Mar. 2026
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Mar. 2026
First seen at a night-club table of menacing lowlifes, Ida, whose mother tongue is Brooklynese, suddenly switches to a heavy British accent and dispenses a torrent of highly literary sarcasms.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
The president can be assured that his low-life actions will eliminate him as a candidate to get to Heaven.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
Inside, everything was magically transformed into a 1930s Parisian low-life dive.
—
Hamish Bowles,
Vogue,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
Their search leads them to a local drug lord and a galaxy of lowlifes, all of whom are hiding something.
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Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Mar. 2026
First seen at a night-club table of menacing lowlifes, Ida, whose mother tongue is Brooklynese, suddenly switches to a heavy British accent and dispenses a torrent of highly literary sarcasms.
—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for low-life
Adjective
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Those groups also have lower access to drugs that can stop the transmission of HIV.
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Last winter was the second-warmest on record, according to the city’s ordinance, with record low snowpack almost everywhere.
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Star Wars Outlaws on Switch 2 drops you into the galaxy’s underworld as Kay Vess, a scoundrel trying to pull off the biggest heist in the Outer Rim.
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But that just reinforces Samuel Johnson’s adage that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
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In recent years, more and more students from lower-class families have been able to attend universities.
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The first time, Julian’s children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning) seemed like miserable, greedy wretches.
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The elegant sets and lavish costume designs are stunning, as is Jacob Elordi's multi-faceted performance as the intelligent wretch stitched together from corpses.
Adjective
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Linen and cotton, cooling garments, were too plebeian; the people posed nobly for street-style social-media accounts in leather jackets and low-slung jorts.
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This one is about a regular old guy, a hedge knight in the plebeian population of Westeros, just trying to get by in a world that isn't kind to the common and poor.
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Together, the band brings to life a mythic world of ancient heroes and villains, attracting an excited audience of headbangers and fantasy fanatics, many of whom show up in costume.
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The performance earned her the award for best villain at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards.
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But West Virginia is a proletarian locale that until not long ago was a Democratic stronghold.
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These ranged from the aristocratic elite who dominated the military and bureaucracy and yearned for a return to monarchy, to communists who sought proletarian rule, to the National Socialists who wanted to establish a right-wing dictatorship.
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Even though the Feeneys have gotten more competitive under the junior Michel’s management, the rascal-on-the-field ethos of the original team still prevails.
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Not even the curmudgeonly Melvin can bring himself to harm the little rascal.
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“Low-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/low-life. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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