1. the sediment or grounds that settle at the bottom of a liquid
Usage: usually plural
2. the least valuable or most undesirable part of something
Usage: usually plural; often derogatory

Examples

• She poured the coffee carefully to avoid the dregs at the bottom.
• The wine had thick dregs that needed to be filtered out.
• He drank his tea down to the dregs.
• The police arrested the dregs of society in that neighborhood.
• Only the dregs of the old regime remained in power.
• She scraped the dregs from the bottom of the barrel.