schlemiel
or schle·mihl, shle·miel
an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.
Origin of schlemiel
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How to use schlemiel in a sentence
The song ends up a hit, and the schlemiel has done it again.
Fact Vs. Fiction in ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’: The Real Story of Folk is Far Less Dejected Than the Movie | Jimmy So | December 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDo you call an ineffectual, hapless person a schlemiel, a shlemel, a shlemyel, or a schlemeyel?
Mazel Tov, Arvind! But Are You Sure It’s Not Kneydl? | Daniel Gross | May 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThen comes the requisite sitcom schlemiel-like ER visit with a doctor and some drops and some close-ups.
‘Girls’ Shows Us the Real OCD With Hannah’s Brutal Q-Tip Scene | Kent Sepkowitz | March 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBased on the leaked reports, he said, “a schlemiel could have done this.”
Ever since Gifkin leaves us, y'understand, we got in our cutting room one schlemiel after another.
Elkan Lubliner, American | Montague Glass
A dirty schlemiel of a greenhorn like him should talk French!
Abe and Mawruss | Montague Glass
British Dictionary definitions for schlemiel
schlemihl or shlemiel
/ (ʃləˈmiːl) /
US slang an awkward or unlucky person whose endeavours usually fail
Origin of schlemiel
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