Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Wicked, base, vile: "vô loại" describes a person or their behavior as morally reprehensible, lacking in virtue, and despicable. It implies a complete disregard for ethical standards or social norms.
   • Worthless, low-class: It can also refer to someone considered to be of the lowest social or moral standing, utterly without merit or value.

Usage Examples

• Adjective: (He is a wicked person, specializing in scamming the elderly.) (Those vile actions cannot be forgiven.) (Don't believe the promises of that worthless scoundrel.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is very strong and pejorative. It is used to express extreme moral condemnation and contempt.
• It often appears in literary contexts or in strong verbal condemnations to describe treacherous, cruel, or profoundly immoral characters.

Variants and Related Words

• Vô loài (adj): An older or variant form with the same meaning (wicked, base). This form is less common in modern usage but is found in classical literature. (The antagonist in the story is a base character.)

Synonyms

• Đê tiện (adj): Mean, despicable.
• Hèn hạ (adj): Lowly, ignoble.
• Thấp hèn (adj): Low, base.
• Xấu xa (adj): Evil, bad.

Related Idioms

• While "vô loại" itself is not typically part of a longer fixed idiom, it is a term used within condemnatory phrases. (You wicked scoundrel!) – A common exclamation of strong contempt.

adj

1. wicked