bottom-feeder

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If that means Memphis will be a Conference USA bottom-feeder next year, well, that's the kind of price the guy has always been willing to pay

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  1. a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water
  2. a scavenger that feeds low on the food chain

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  • The look of the BluCobra EZ3000 seems like your average Chinese-built player and the outdated specs confirms this as a bottom-feeder. player is set to drop in March 2009 and features technology that was considered almost outdated last year. —  CrunchGear
  • Virginia Tech fell - preseason favorite Clemson to a team considered to be the third-best in its Boston College were the only league teams to beat other I-A schools - and Wake beat Big 12 bottom-feeder Kent State. —  Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories
  • Wake Forest went on the road and pummelled a Baylor team 41-13, for the only ACC win against another BCS opponent, albeit a bottom-feeder from the Big12. —  Georgia Tech Sports
  • Boston College showed their defense dominance by trouncing Kent St 21-0, a MAC bottom-feeder. —  Georgia Tech Sports
  • If that means Memphis will be a Conference USA bottom-feeder next year, well, that's the kind of price the guy has always been willing to pay —  Sportsfrog.com
 

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