ˈlow life BrE AmE noun
1 . [uncountable] the life and behaviour of people who are involved in criminal or immoral activities:
a novel about low life in Chicago in the 1930s
2 . ( also lowlife ) [countable] American English informal someone who is involved in crime or who is bad:
Pete turned out to be a real lowlife.
—lowlife /ˈləʊlaif $ ˈloʊ-/ adjective American English informal :
Charlie may be lowlife, but he isn’t stupid.