Schlemiel (noun)

A clumsy, stupid, or unlucky person; a poor unfortunate.

Origin:

Yiddish shlemil, from hebrew שְׁלֵמִיתַּלְּתַּרְּ֫תַּּּ֫֫ "miserable".

Examples:

  1. He"s such a schlemiel, he can"t even pour a cup of coffee without spilling it.
  2. The schlemiel in the movie is the butt of all the jokes.
  3. The schlemiel always seems to find himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
  4. Schlemiel is a Yiddish word for a clumsy, stupid, or unlucky person.
  5. He's always been a bit of a schlemiel, but we love him anyway.
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