the dregs of society/humanity

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› a group of people in society who you consider to be immoral and of no value: People tend to regard drug addicts as the dregs of society.Groups of people

(Definition of the dregs of society/humanity from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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