lumpen

American  

[luhm-puhn] / ˈlʌm pən /

adjective

1. of or relating to disfranchised and uprooted individuals or groups, especially those who have lost status.

   the lumpen bourgeoisie.

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noun

1. a lumpen individual or group.

lumpen British  

/ ˈlʌmpən /

adjective

1. informal stupid or unthinking

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Etymology

Origin of lumpen

First recorded in 1945–50; extracted from lumpenproletariat

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Example Sentences

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lumpen

Aimée played the refined, educated wife of the lumpen cheese factory owner Ugo Tognazzi, both equally flummoxed by the kidnapping of their son and the collapse of their business.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

To get there, we had to follow the Ukrainian soldiers on foot - within a few paces my boots become lumpen and heavy with thick dirt.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2023

“A flash of life would move their lumpen bodies. Sad spectacle . . . . They were a cautionary tale.”

From Washington Post ● May 12, 2020

Bad choice, as it turns out, because Manquillo blams a lumpen cross through the box and away from danger.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2019

Among German Socialists it is called the "lumpen proletariat," and both for the present and future is looked at with the greatest anxiety.

From Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement by William English Walling

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