down-and-outers
Life's total losers
Down-and-outers are people who have hit bottom—homeless, destitute, without prospects.
The term combines being down on one's luck with being out of resources, money, or options.
It typically describes those living on the streets or in shelters: The soup kitchen served down-and-outers from the neighborhood.
The singular down-and-outer appears less frequently.
Without a dwelling
- destituteUtterly without means
- beggarsThose soliciting charity
- vagrantsHomeless itinerant people
- paupersExtremely impoverished people
indigents · street people · rough sleepers · panhandlers · have-nots · dispossessed · impoverished · skid row
Unsuccessful competitors
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- washoutsComplete failures or busts
- rejectsRefuses or discards
- has-beensFormer notables past relevance
deadbeats · ne'er-do-wells · burnouts · dropouts · outcasts · misfits · fallen · ruined
People dependent on liquor
- drunksIntoxicated individuals
- addictsPeople with compulsions
- winosChronic cheap-alcohol drinkers
- junkiesPeople with dependencies
recovering · rock bottom · rehab · detox · twelve-step · sober living · relapse · binge
homeless
Without a dwelling
paupers · indigents · street people · rough sleepers · panhandlers · have-nots · dispossessed · impoverished · skid row · soup kitchens
losers
Unsuccessful competitors
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- washoutsComplete failures or busts
- rejectsRefuses or discards
has-beens · deadbeats · ne'er-do-wells · burnouts · dropouts · outcasts · misfits · fallen · ruined · broke
alcoholics
People dependent on liquor
junkies · recovering · rock bottom · rehab · detox · twelve-step · sober living · relapse · binge · withdrawal
down-and-outersthe elite
Most powerful group
elites · the rich · high society · aristocrats · millionaires
down-and-outerssuccess stories
Accounts of achievement
high flyers · winners · achievers · high-flyers · go-getters
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