LOW LIFE


Meaning of LOW LIFE in English

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.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.