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noun (1)

plural of bummer
1
as in downs
something (as a situation or event) that is depressing boy, breaking your leg right before vacation is a bummer

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2
as in disappointments
something that disappoints the cancellation of the holiday office party was a total bummer

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3
as in disasters
something that has failed that new start-up company proved to be a real bummer

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bummers

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noun (2)

plural of bummer
as in beggars
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 bummers
Noun
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 Short riding range and frequent, lengthy charging stops have been big bummers for electric motorcycles. — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bummers
  1. downs
  2. disappointments
  3. disasters
  4. beggars
  5. bores
  6. failures
  7. hoboes
  8. calamities
Noun
  • The Connecticut Sun, willing to be patient with any ups and downs, has been investing in young players like former UConn center/forward Olivia Nelson-Ododa, acquiring her in a trade in January 2023.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The showrunner and cast reflect on Jackie and Cole’s next chapter as a couple, their ups and eventual downs and resolving the love triangle with Alex.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of downs
Noun
  • While retrograde, however, Saturn puts a magnifying glass on everything from past goals to the fears and disappointments that could have influenced your decisions.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Mercury retrograde The Phoenix Mercury are one of the biggest disappointments of the season.
    — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of disappointments
Noun
  • Next week, for the first time ever, Taiwan will deliberately slow its mobile internet speed, testing how citizens would communicate if bandwidth becomes scarce in emergencies ranging ⁠from disasters to a Chinese invasion.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Some of Europe’s biggest insurance companies told CNBC this week that the region isn’t adequately prepared to deal with the risks of wildfires and weather disasters, leaving a substantial share of financial damage uninsured.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • Robert Pattinson’s big outburst in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ has gone viral—here’s the ‘beggars’ meme, explained.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • The War In times of peace, Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) had hosted parties in their palace for all — even beggars were welcome.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of beggars
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  • Some resorts in the Mamanuca Islands are set to lose entire wings to the sea in the coming years, and drinking water in villages is already being infiltrated by salt from seawater seeping into ground bores.
    — MIchelle Duff, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.
    — Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Definition of bores
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  • The suit alleges that several key components of hospital protocol were ignored or improperly followed and that those failures directly contributed to the actor’s death.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The failures of England’s previous generations were multi-faceted, but how much did the national culture feed into the acceptance of their behaviour?
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of failures
Noun
  • The former, in which Burnett and Hamilton did a song-and-dance routine as Dust Bowl-era hobos, marked the first of several times that the two performed together.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • From oversized, slouchy hobos to structured East-West silhouettes and laptop-ready work totes, this season’s best suede bags deliver a luxurious polish that will elevate every fall wardrobe.
    — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Definition of hoboes
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  • That’s been the story of this third season, one that started with Rhaenyra storming the castle and taking the Iron Throne and then promptly saw her get picked apart by dozens of unforeseen calamities.
    — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Yoon drew extensively on these themes in his earlier works—most recently in the novel Run Me to Earth and the Story Prize–winning collection The Hive and the Honey—and his oeuvre depicts war’s psychological and material calamities.
    — Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
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