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low life

low life is the alternative form of lowlife.

Meaning of lowlife

Noun

lowlife (plural lowlifes or lowlives)

  1. (derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, disreputable, or otherwise immoral person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.
    • They say all the lowlifes used to hang out at the docks and plot their despicable crimes, before being elected to public office.
  2. (derogatory) A person who is rebuked by their community for their behavior.
  3. (derogatory) A person of low socio-economic status.

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Questions about low life

What is low life the alternative form of?
Low life is the alternative form of lowlife.

Words near low life in the dictionary

  1. low islands
  2. low it
  3. low key
  4. Low Kilburn
  5. Low Latin
  6. low life
  7. low line
  8. low lines
  9. low loader
  10. low loaders
  11. low magic

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