bottom feeder
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- noun
- /ˈbɑːtəm ˈfiːdər/
- Offensive
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carroñero
- In a competitive market, you often find bottom feeders looking to profit from others' misfortunes.
This is a bottom feeder sexual predator.
- This is a bottom feeder sexual predator.
- And so you don't deserve, you know, there's a lot of bottom feeders who are agents, managers, whatever.
- So it means that you filter out the bottom feeders, the men who aren't worth your time and you you jump ahead a couple of steps.
Examples
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That's a win-win, unless you're a bottom feeder.
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Come on, Steph, Jocelyn's hot but she's a total bottom feeder.
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There have always been top dogs and bottom feeders in the NBA.
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Just look at the bottom feeders in Chicago's city council.
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A bottom feeder whose entire existence is focused on funneling cash to the ownership.
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Rest assured, Donald Trump is surrounded by the biggest compilation of bottom feeders this country has to offer.
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Another thing is that a lot of these medical companies are like wolves and bottom feeders preying on the sick and weak of our county like animals.
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Remember, Mangino's first KU team got smoked at home by Bowling Green State, and his second team lost at home to Big Ten bottom feeder Northwestern.
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If Sanchez can attack some of those bottom feeders like he has against similar defenses this season, there is reason to believe we lie on the cusp of a mini Sanchez renaissance.
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Some people are bottom feeders who exploit others in times of crisis.
Synonyms
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5.9
A person who lives off others and gives nothing in return
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8.0
A person who takes advantage of others' bad situations to make money
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6.1
A person who takes help or gifts without giving anything back
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8.4
A person who takes advantage of others for their own benefit
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8.3
A person who often gets food or money without paying
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8.1
A person who takes advantage of others and gives nothing in return
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8.0
A person who makes large unfair profits by charging high prices during a shortage
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A person who often gets free food or money from others without paying
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7.1
A person who uses others selfishly to get money or power
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7.2
A person who takes others' food or help without giving back
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Doing things mainly for money rather than for belief or loyalty
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A person who often asks others for money or food without giving anything back
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Taking chances to get ahead for personal gain, ignoring what is right
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A person who depends on others without giving anything back
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Asking people for money and help without giving anything back
A person who profits from other people's misfortune
A person who takes help or credit but does not help others
A person who only cares about making money
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound literally combines 'bottom' (lowest) and 'feeder' (one who feeds), so a learner may infer a metaphorical sense of someone low in status who takes advantage of available resources. However, the negative, opportunistic/unethical nuance and its idiomatic extension from ecological 'bottom-feeder' behavior are figurative and not fully predictable to a B1 learner without exposure, making the transparency partial.
Etymology
Bottom feeder comes from fish that live on the river or sea bottom and eat scraps and dead bits there, and the parts bottom and feeder show that low, hungry picture. So calling a person a bottom feeder means they 'take advantage' of other people's problems or act in a low, unfair way.