schlemiels

variants also shlemiels
Definition of schlemielsnext
plural of schlemiel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for schlemiels
Noun
  • The ability to create and absorb failure has always been a key resource in an industry whose losers historically outnumber its winners.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But Drew Baldridge counters the idea that nice guys are losers.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Anderson explained that because certain retailers, such as Walmart, contract their turkeys well in advance, the price for customers might be much lower than the market currently indicates.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The mass of public officials and volunteers unloaded and passed about 1,200 turkeys into the food bank Thursday morning in a lively assembly line.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Can't believe that after 10 years of us basing our most damning investigations on cell phone data, these idiots are still doing it.
    Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
  • That's the deterrent for the idiots.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Machines are shut down and shovels return, covering conduits with clods of soil.
    Steven Searcy, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Overwhelmingly, though, the most common response was to seek confirmation of their suspicions that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were morons.
    Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • There are worse things than watching Black, Rudd, and Zahn play three gormless morons on a mid-life misadventure, but almost every scene and setpiece is constructed with a haphazardness that blunders away their charm.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Woke scolds and anti-woke dolts alike objected to the image of Carpenter kneeling in front of a man who appears to be using her hair as a leash.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Schlemiels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schlemiels. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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