noun
- a person of low moral character or social status
Usage: informal; derogatory
Examples
- The police arrested several lowlifes who were dealing drugs in the park.
- She couldn’t believe her sister was dating such a lowlife.
- The neighborhood improved after the lowlifes moved away.
- He called his ex-business partner a lowlife after discovering the embezzlement.
- The movie portrayed the main character as a lowlife who eventually redeemed himself.
- Parents warned their children to stay away from the lowlifes hanging around the arcade.