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low·life (-līf′)

noun

  1. pl. -·lifes′ a vulgar, coarse, or undignified person
  2. lowlifes collectively or their milieu

adjective

of or characteristic of a lowlife; low-class

lowlife Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • thieve: To help combat the thieving lowlifes that would stoop to stealing fuel, Mike Hurley has developed a locking gasoline cap for his TVR.

Adjective modifier

  • such: Please do not think all people in Ulster are such lowlifes, we try to live as normal lives as possible.
  • local: One of the local lowlife in Southdene decided to punch a Fireman in the face on Saturday 30th August.
  • criminal: The trial seemed wrong somehow - a good cop kills a known criminal lowlife.

Modifies a noun

  • scum: Some lowlife scum reckons he can run a seedy porn and vise network without me getting my cut of the action!
  • character: This gives the film an offhanded, scruffy charm that keeps us engaged with these lowlife characters.
  • friend: Skeet ( Jessica Norton ) One of Gloria's lowlife friends ( 438 ).

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