schlemiels

noun

variants also shlemiels
plural of schlemiel
as in losers

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  1. losers
  2. chumps
  3. turkeys
  4. idiots
  5. clods
  6. morons
  7. dolts
  8. blockheads
Noun
  • In the present geopolitical environment, some companies are winners while others are losers, Fitzgerald said.
    — Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 31 July 2026
  • No longer football’s famous losers, Newcastle’s identity was now blurred.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of losers
Noun
  • This new three-part docuseries interviews Belfort's former wife, his co-conspirators, and his victims to dive deep into how his boiler room operation pumped, dumped, and ripped off chumps.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026
  • Maybe the Trumps are right and my family boasts a lot of chumps, sending six men off to World War II alone.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
Definition of chumps
Noun
  • The million-dollar question concerned the Thanksgiving tradition of the president pardoning two turkeys.
    — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
  • Jimmy Kimmel's hunch helps with final question The last question posed the biggest challenge for Ding, but thankfully Kimmel had an inkling about turkeys that hadn’t received presidential pardons.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Definition of turkeys
Noun
  • Tallahassee lawmakers must think their constituents are idiots.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In McBride’s work, collections of idiots and unlikable misfits strive for power and achievement and are inevitably foiled by their own flaws.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Definition of idiots
Noun
  • According to the authors, their results suggest that clods of earth can indeed catalyze these reactions without the presence of life.
    — Siddhant Pusdekar, Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2026
  • After loosening the soil, gently lift the clump out of the ground and remove any soil clods.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of clods
Noun
  • There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.
    — McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of morons
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
Definition of dolts
Noun
  • August is when blockheads get cut.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
Definition of blockheads
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