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or schmoe
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Recent Examples of schmo
The reality is that consumer inflation (the kind regular schmoes like us feel) was pretty mild.
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Even if, again, the episode skips over the thorny question of how exactly this group of schmoes managed to cage a pure killing machine.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
Wearing his uniform from Coffee High School, Hill ran 6.70 seconds to win a U.S. men’s masters indoor race against regular schmoes.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Doc Odd goes against protocol, though, and saves this schmo’s life a second time in one night.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article The Bo Show won’t go if Courtland’s a schmo.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 31 Mar. 2025
But even though Mickey 17 is set in outer space about 30 years from now, its hero isn’t that different from those found throughout Bong’s filmography: a working-class schmo.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Some poor schmo rotated 720 degrees sideways while losing both his skis and face planting onto the ice.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
By Stephanie Zacharek September 2, 2024 7:49 AM EDT
What separates a genius from the rest of us schmoes?
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 2 Sep. 2024
Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Even if, again, the episode skips over the thorny question of how exactly this group of schmoes managed to cage a pure killing machine.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
Wearing his uniform from Coffee High School, Hill ran 6.70 seconds to win a U.S. men’s masters indoor race against regular schmoes.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Doc Odd goes against protocol, though, and saves this schmo’s life a second time in one night.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article The Bo Show won’t go if Courtland’s a schmo.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 31 Mar. 2025
But even though Mickey 17 is set in outer space about 30 years from now, its hero isn’t that different from those found throughout Bong’s filmography: a working-class schmo.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Some poor schmo rotated 720 degrees sideways while losing both his skis and face planting onto the ice.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
By Stephanie Zacharek September 2, 2024 7:49 AM EDT
What separates a genius from the rest of us schmoes?
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 2 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schmo
Noun
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Eminem In the first film, Joe Flaherty's character famously heckles Happy by repeatedly calling him a jackass right before he's set to putt.—
Lauren Huff Published,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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Being a careless jackass but also irresistibly charming is a tough needle to thread.—
Staff Author Published,
EW.com,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Trump represents a father figure who is returning to the house, and there are various people living in it who are freeloaders and grifters and lowlifes abusing the kingdom.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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The groper was a lowlife—a deranged doctor, bent on harvesting astronaut semen for pernicious procreative ends.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Those dolts and laggards that were holding them back are no longer a boat anchor.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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Some will ask what’s the point of reading a review of a book about the man and corporation behind a remarkable technological leap since the writer is a technical dolt.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Since then, he’s been a haunted wretch of a character: stoned, sullen, stuck with recurring visions of shooting his wife and himself.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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The unfortunate wretch makes an exciting escape, killing her captor in the process.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Some might say the goal of a nuclear-free world is a fool’s errand.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Trying to avoid every dip and pullback is a fool’s errand.—
Frank Holmes,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For more than two millennia, the promise of alchemy—and, specifically, transmuting ordinary elements into valuable ones—has intrigued scientists and scoundrels alike.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
9 Aug. 2025
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Star Wars Outlaws This first open world Star Wars game is set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi and follows scoundrel Kay Vess seeking freedom and a new life.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Jane Austen wrote takedowns of this kind of ninny two centuries ago — how fun to see Pike update her twit to the post-Y2K era.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2024
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Kopas, who wisely eschews hamming, makes Frank a spry, eloquent presence, although more dourness in the play’s initial scenes might help his character stand out from the salon’s cheerful ninnies.—
Celia Wren,
Washington Post,
4 May 2023
Noun
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The dramatic wheels are set in motion early, with Shu-Fen, always pressed for money, further strapped by her decision to pay for her estranged ex-husband’s funeral, while attracting the amorous attentions of the good-natured doofus who runs the neighboring knick-knack stand.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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That also leaves Seann William Scott, a reliable doofus in the American Pie and Goon movies, in the tough spot of having to play Corey Milsap, who’s stuck in a conflict between his mom and Cobb.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Schmo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schmo. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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