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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
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
20 May 2026
Nevertheless, confusion with your kids, as well as disappointing, romantic misunderstandings, could also be a bummer.
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Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
Anyway, the biggest bummer is to come.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
Middle age has never felt, or sounded, like a more beautiful bummer.
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Jonathan Cohen,
SPIN,
1 May 2026
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Noun
Game 3 of the 2017 finals was a bummer.
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Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
20 May 2026
Nevertheless, confusion with your kids, as well as disappointing, romantic misunderstandings, could also be a bummer.
—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
Anyway, the biggest bummer is to come.
—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
Middle age has never felt, or sounded, like a more beautiful bummer.
—
Jonathan Cohen,
SPIN,
1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bummer
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Eiglarsh added that while the suffering of the families was evident throughout the trial, the defense successfully argued that the crash was a tragic accident.
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Was fatal boat crash just an accident — or was Pino reckless?
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For some advocacy groups, this latest attempt came as a huge disappointment.
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And to keep fighting to fulfill the promise of this nation, even in the face of cruelty and bitter disappointment.
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Aemond is a murderer, Aegon is a rapist; if either of them ends up on the Iron Throne for good, that would be a disaster.
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On the dusty backroads of Radiator Springs, where Lightning McQueen and his pals live, a shower of meteors threatened to bring destruction upon the quarter-size cars in a scene that disaster movie king Roland Emmerich would endorse.
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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.
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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.
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Blanca Quinonez knows only one way to play, with full- bore, hit-the-floor intensity.
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If your surroundings have become a bore, switch them up as Venus and Uranus harmonize.
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Taking the midway point of those numbers, an opening weekend of $45 million would be a monumental failure.
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Then came this spring’s historic and devastating floods across northern Michigan — in some areas, for the first time anyone can remember — swamping homes, pushing dams to the brink of failure and washing out roadways.
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Gobert was chief among the beggars imploring his teammates for a shred of consistency on that end of the floor.
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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.
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Both are viable, both have joyous moments, and both have downer moments as these two scenarios are played out.
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For anyone hoping for a South Street Seaport revival, the past few months have been a downer.
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“Bummer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bummer. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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