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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
Dave Paulson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
That would have been a real bummer.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
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
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The Song of the Summer, by definition, cannot be a bummer—at least not musically.
—Dave Paulson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
That would have been a real bummer.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
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
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“Bummer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bummer. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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