Usually means: Using the least desirable options.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word scrape the bottom of the barrel:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. scrape the bottom of the barrel: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. scrape the bottom of the barrel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scrape the bottom of the barrel: Wiktionary
  4. scrape the bottom of the barrel: Dictionary.com
  5. scrape the bottom of the barrel: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. scrape the bottom of the barrel: Legal dictionary
  2. scrape the bottom of the barrel: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scrape the bottom of the barrel: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scrape the bottom of the barrel: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scrape the bottom of the barrel: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scrape the bottom of the barrel: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (scrape the bottom of the barrel)

verb:  (idiomatic, informal) To settle for a poor option due to a lack or unavailability of anything more favorable.

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