Sunday driver

noun

1. a person who drives a car inexpertly, especially slowly or overcautiously, in the manner of one who drives infrequently.

Sunday driver

noun

1. informal,  a person who drives slowly, timorously, or unskilfully, as if used to driving only on Sundays when the roads are relatively quiet

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sunday driver¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Last Sunday driver shortages affected 110 services across the country.

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The singles “Sunday Driver” and “Now That You’re Gone,” one, a classic rock ’n’ roll hit, the other, a bluesy tune about a love lost, fit well into their previous records.

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Like the wonderfully world-weary Somedays I Don't Feel Like Trying and the wistful Now That You're Gone, which was released as a double A-Side lead single next to the psych rock stomp Sunday Driver.

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Nick Alloway, that lone Sunday driver, sent me to Mrs. B’s Home Cooking, a yellow-painted soul food restaurant a few minutes west of downtown that serves up a different featured meat every day.

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Greetings from a southbound C train moving at the pace of a Sunday driver.

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