schlemiels

variants also shlemiels
plural of schlemiel

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schlemiels
Noun
  • The Wanderers, three-time A-League Grand Final losers but AFC Champions League winners in 2014, are still smarting after being knocked out of last season’s Finals series by eventual finalists Melbourne Victory.
    Jack Bantock, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The losers in Ole Miss-Georgia and Tennessee-Alabama will still have multiple opportunities for massive resume wins later this year, regardless of what happens this weekend.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The turkeys are only available while supplies last, so order early.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But alas, as those packages pile up outside your apartment door, the boxes inevitably contain a plethora of lulus and turkeys, things that barely fit or flatter you, made of fabric whose cheesiness could not be discerned from the AI photos on the internet.
    Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To be funny while playing a character who’s sweet and endearing (even when calling his friends idiots) is a skill, and Bad Bunny has it.
    Rima Parikh, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2025
  • For a bunch of idiots, this did not work out too badly.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Machines are shut down and shovels return, covering conduits with clods of soil.
    Steven Searcy, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 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 22 Oct. 2025.

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