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scumbags

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for scumbags.

Editorial note

If anyone is to be called scumbags, it should be the people who vote for laws restricting the construction of new housing.

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Quick take

(informal, mildly vulgar) A sleazy, disreputable or despicable person; a lowlife.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of scumbags gathered in one view.

noun

(informal, mildly vulgar) A sleazy, disreputable or despicable person; a lowlife.

noun

(slang, vulgar, dated) A condom.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for scumbags.

noun

(informal, mildly vulgar) A sleazy, disreputable or despicable person; a lowlife.

noun

(slang, vulgar, dated) A condom.

Example sentences

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If anyone is to be called scumbags, it should be the people who vote for laws restricting the construction of new housing.

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They seem to want to make the Internet a safe space for scumbags.

3

No, my point is you need to find people who won't steal from you, not because you have patents, but because they're not scumbags.

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And there are a TON of scumbags suing for this right now.

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There's a crackdown on scumbags running businesses without disclosing their identity.

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The scumbags who create obnoxious, invasive ads aren't going to suddenly start playing nice so everyone can take a deep breath and uninstall their blocking software.

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Far easier and more crowd-pleasing to dig in your heels and say that foreigners are cheating scumbags because they don't want to play by your outdated rules.

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Please; scumbags will play any side for a dollar.

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Before Google's new terms for software AdWords, it was extremely common for scumbags to wrap freeware or OSS in spyware and buy ads for the software's name.

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Eventually the scumbags would rise to the top and we'd all know better.

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Only scumbags, with their spam and made-for-Adsense sites.

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I totally agree with you that they are total scumbags.

Quote examples

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The other danger is the "what if hackers/scumbags/criminals get hold of it" scenario.

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Painting them as "supporting scumbags" simply because they resell domains is ridiculous.

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It's just that the "global warming doesn't exist" side has more money right now, so, most scumbags seem to line up on that side.

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Or as I call it: "the download.com strategy." Honestly SF are scumbags.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use scumbags in a sentence?

If anyone is to be called scumbags, it should be the people who vote for laws restricting the construction of new housing.

What does scumbags mean?

(informal, mildly vulgar) A sleazy, disreputable or despicable person; a lowlife.

What part of speech is scumbags?

scumbags is commonly used as noun.