Synonyms for cheap shot
cheap shot

Princeton's WordNet

1. cheap shotnoun

   an unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person

2. cheap shotnoun

   an illegal and unsportsmanlike act of unnecessary violence

   "he called a penalty on them when the lineman took a cheap shot at the quarterback"

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1. Robert Altman:

   Real art is without irony. Irony distances the author from his material. Irony is a product of something. It's not the reason for doing something. Irony is a cheap shot.

2. Jesse Hullinger:

   Maple Mountain tried taking this cheap-shot right at the end of the year and it just totally backfired on them!

3. Barack Obama:

   I have to express my disappointment at the cheap shot you took at Joe Biden via Twitter, it was unprofessional. I expect better.

4. Adam Schiff:

   This is not something that should be done off-the-cuff by the President of the United States just looking for a cheap shot at his predecessor.

5. Heather Nauert:

   The facts don’t back up the Washington Post’s reporting. This is an irresponsible attempt to create division and stoke fear among American citizens while attempting to inflame tensions over immigration, under the Trump Administration, domestic passport denials for so called ‘midwife cases’ are at a 6-year low. The reporting is a political cheap shot.