bottom feeder

or bot·tom-feed·er

[ bot-uhm fee-der ]

/ ˈbɒt əm ˌfi dər /

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noun

bottom fish.

an opportunist, as in politics or business: bottom feeders who buy up commercial failures.

a person or thing having low status or value; loser: bottom feeders hanging out in seedy bars.

a person who appeals to base instincts: Gossip columnists are the bottom feeders of journalism.

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Sometimes bot·tom-fish·er

[bot-uhm-fish-er] /ˈbɒt əmˌfɪʃ ər/ (defs. 2-4) .

Origin of bottom feeder

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby bottom feeder

bottom break, bottom dead centre, bottom dog, bottom drawer, bottom end, bottom feeder, bottom-feeding, bottom fish, bottom fishing, bottom gear, bottom grass

How to use bottom feeder in a sentence

There are no recent titles to lure prospective players, but Locksley believes this program, recently a bottom feeder in the Big Ten, has an “unlimited ceiling.”
Maryland football should benefit after its young players had to grow up fast last season|Emily Giambalvo|April 22, 2021|Washington Post
He hits bottom at Rocamadour, a sanctuary in the Dordogne known as a citadel of faith devoted to Mary.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Despite its ranking at the bottom of most international development indexes, the conflict is shrouded by confusion.
The Year’s Most Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis|Nina Strochlic|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon labels the show a “crass stunt” on a “bottom-feeding vortex of sadness network.”
Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism|Samantha Allen|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Bottom line is that it will only be a BVR [beyond visual range] airplane.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On Monday, Soelistyo had jolted relatives as well as searchers by suggesting that the plane could be “at the bottom of the sea.”
Wreckage, Bodies of AirAsia Crash Found|Lennox Samuels|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
In these archipelagos the waters being shallow, the frost was quite intense enough to cool them to the bottom.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
"I have a letter somewhere," looking in the machine drawer and finding the letter in the bottom of the workbasket.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
In the presence of bromin the chloroform, which settles to the bottom, assumes a yellow color.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The signatures at the bottom of this memorandum, were hidden from Wharton's view, when he was allowed to read it.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter

British Dictionary definitions for bottom feeder

bottom feeder

noun

a fish that feeds on material at the bottom of a river, lake, sea, etc

an objectionable and unimpressive person or thing

Also called: bottom fisher a speculator who buys shares in companies that are performing poorly in anticipation of improved performance

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bottom feeder

or bot·tom-feed·er

Origin of bottom feeder

Words nearby bottom feeder

Words related to bottom feeder

How to use bottom feeder in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for bottom feeder