lumpen
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of lumpen
First recorded in 1945–50; extracted from lumpenproletariat
Example Sentences
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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
Some are smooth as river rocks; others are cracked or lumpen, like overripe fruit from otherworldly trees.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2020
“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 Walling, William English
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