bad lot
Noun
Meaning
bad lot (plural bad lots)
A bad person.
Synonyms
barnacle
scamp
no-good
scalawag
absentee
delayer
welcher
black sheep
waster
extortioner
lagger
quandong
squanderer
bad hat
odd fish
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I think Linux is a great thing, because Linux is an alternative to Windows, and because, of all the operating systems that are at all relevant today, Unix is the best of a bad lot.
"Democrat" is among officers simply a term denoting a bad lot.