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lowlives

lowlives is the plural 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 lowlives

What is lowlives the plural of?
Lowlives is the plural of lowlife.

Words near lowlives in the dictionary

  1. lowlines
  2. lowliness
  3. lowlinesses
  4. lowling
  5. lowlings
  6. lowlives
  7. lowly
  8. lowlying
  9. lowman
  10. Lowmans
  11. lowmen

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