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as in accident
something (as a situation or event) that is depressing
boy, breaking your leg right before vacation is a bummer
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as in disaster
something that has failed
that new start-up company proved to be a real bummer
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as in hobo
a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living
a lifelong bummer, he never knew the satisfaction of having to work for a living
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Recent Examples of bummer
Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
With Huss’s previous KOTH characters being long gone (Cotton) or recast (Kahn), this seems like a smart solution to a real bummer of a problem, but to call it seamless would be inaccurate.
—Genevieve Koski, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
Bread service is often a bummer for folks with dietary restrictions, Manaker says, but not at this Animal Kingdom African and Indian hot spot.
—Karla Walsh, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 July 2025
For nostalgia reasons, that's a bummer, but my kids have grown up hopping around the stepping stones in my garden and looking for geckos among the rocks and that's cool, too.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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The bummer is that there are only four episodes.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
With Huss’s previous KOTH characters being long gone (Cotton) or recast (Kahn), this seems like a smart solution to a real bummer of a problem, but to call it seamless would be inaccurate.
—Genevieve Koski, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
Bread service is often a bummer for folks with dietary restrictions, Manaker says, but not at this Animal Kingdom African and Indian hot spot.
—Karla Walsh, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 July 2025
For nostalgia reasons, that's a bummer, but my kids have grown up hopping around the stepping stones in my garden and looking for geckos among the rocks and that's cool, too.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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“Bummer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bummer. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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