Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Nazism)In the ideology of Nazi Germany, a person with a serious medical problem or disability, seen as requiring assistance from society but offering nothing in return.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. They say there are too many useless eaters on the earth.

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Origin

Calque of German unnützer Esser.

Calque of German unnützer Esser.

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Forms

plural: useless eaters
Singularuseless eater
Pluraluseless eaters

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See also

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