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
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2026
Bert and Ernie are reduced to Pottersville lowlifes.
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Margaret Heidenry,
Vanity Fair,
24 Dec. 2025
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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
There is a new lowlife generation that can’t speak without using vulgar terms.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2026
Bert and Ernie are reduced to Pottersville lowlifes.
—
Margaret Heidenry,
Vanity Fair,
24 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for low-life
Adjective
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Hien immediately fell to the ground and had to be helped off the pitch with what appeared to be a lower-body injury.
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Wenski’s remarks come as many in South Florida, the heart of the Haitian community in the country, are reeling after the justices reversed a lower court ruling upholding TPS protections for Haitians.
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Speaking of that last vampire subject, this is also a great episode for Jacob Anderson in the B-plot, as Louis plays the reluctant avenger doing that loveable scoundrel Raglan James’s dirty work in two stand-out action sequences.
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Paxton, meanwhile, is known for being a scoundrel.
Adjective
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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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The immigrant-threat frame offers a quicker villain and a simpler solution to persistent social problems such as violent crime.
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The new production will follow Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo from their comic book origins to becoming global pop culture icons, battling familiar villains along the way.
Adjective
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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 29 Jun. 2026.
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