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scrape

A slang expression for a property with improvements that should be bulldozed because they detract from the value of the land.Example: “That old shopping center is a scrape.”

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If we watch in our millions, we can be sure the reality genre has not yet scraped the bottom of the barrel.

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To say we scraped the bottom of the barrel was an understatement, but we achieved a great result.

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Unfortunately, the lone experience with turning to private developers for school construction has been the scandal-ridden leasing program, here the Board of Education scraped the bottom of the barrel and completely ignore reputable members of the development community," continued Malloy.