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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
Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026
The character set up as her love interest, city planner Mark Brendanawicz (Paul Schneider), was a bummer, too.
—Jennifer Armstrong, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
By San Diego standards, this saga stands as one of the weirder bummers involving a professional sports team and one of its stars.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
And that feels like a bummer to me.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Keeping a spare in your carry-on is a small habit that can prevent a major bummer on your trip.
—Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026
The character set up as her love interest, city planner Mark Brendanawicz (Paul Schneider), was a bummer, too.
—Jennifer Armstrong, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
By San Diego standards, this saga stands as one of the weirder bummers involving a professional sports team and one of its stars.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
And that feels like a bummer to me.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bummer
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The cause of the accident remains under investigation, police said in their statement.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
20 May 2026
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Investigators from Russia’s transport prosecutor’s office and the country’s Investigative Committee have opened an inquiry into the crash as officials work to determine whether safety violations contributed to the deadly accident, several reports said.—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
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Teams are at the center of the action when competing against another, complete with the celebrations and disappointments that are the hallmarks of any game show.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Fitzgerald said there’s no lingering disappointment following last weekend’s three losses, just excitement as his team attempts to claim the league title ahead of the postseason Big 12 tourney and NCAAs.—
Gary Bedore
May 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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With Edgewater in the flood zone and Station 42 and Three Rock in disaster response mode, Bode (Max Thieriot) was on a side quest to make amends with Danny Marks (Mike O'Malley), a victim of Bode's criminal past.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
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Through packing serious, scalable power into a mobile shipping container, VIVIFY is targeting remote industrial sites, disaster zones, forward military bases, and power-hungry data centers.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
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Per usual with movies like this, spelling out the terror (the roots are in hobo codes and religious legend) becomes, regrettably, a shock absorber, not a facilitator.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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Schneider plays David, a reticent young man with the soulful-hobo air of a Beat poet, who makes a living as an events photographer but whose private passion is a secretive lifelong project, inherited from his father, documenting the changing Parisian suburbs.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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This bore fruit in 1943/44 with the introduction of the Joseph Stalin II heavy tank (IS-II).—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
20 May 2026
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Maintenance work on the Caldecott Tunnel will cause Caltrans to close the second bore of the tunnel going eastbound Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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The Virginia house of burgesses voted to thank him and the militia for their service, with the lawmakers attributing the defeat to the failure of the other colonies to come to Virginia’s aid.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Rory McIlroy thinks back on three holes — his failure to birdie the par-5 ninth and the par-5 16th, and a big miss in his biggest moment.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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Gobert was chief among the beggars imploring his teammates for a shred of consistency on that end of the floor.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2026
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Antinous later shocked the other suitors by insulting and assaulting with a footstool an elderly beggar who had spoken to him in the palace hall.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Mar. 2026
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Upper’s a downer But Blue Origin could not celebrate the achievement for long.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
19 Apr. 2026
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Fortunately, Sanctions balances its downer tendencies with moments of levity and peculiar arrangements that only Souled American could have concocted.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Bummer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bummer. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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