colloquial. An unskilful or incompetent worker; = botcher, n.1 1. Also (more generally): a useless person, a failure; a bungler; an incompetent…
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释义 | the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > one who is a failure (26) botch1769 colloquial. An unskilful or incompetent worker; = botcher, n.1 1. Also (more generally): a useless person, a failure; a bungler; an incompetent… non-starter1839 A person who or thing which does not start; esp. a person or animal that fails to start in a race or other contest. schlemiel1868 An awkward or clumsy person, a blunderer; a habitually unlucky person; a foolish or pathetic person. also-ran1896 A person who competes in but does not win a contest, election, etc. Also: a person who or thing which attains little or no success. rinky-dink1900 An unsuccessful, unimportant, or despised person. flivver1915 A person or thing that has a damaging or deleterious influence; a failure. wash-out1918 slang. A useless or unsuccessful person; spec. in Air Force slang, a person who is eliminated from a course of training. jabroni1919 A stupid, objectionable, or ridiculous man; a loser, a knuckle-head. bust1922 A failure, a flop; a disappointing person or experience. blowout1925 slang (originally U.S.). A conspicuous or irretrievable failure; a fiasco, a debacle. Cf. wash-out, n. 4. dropout1930 A person who ‘drops out’ (see to drop out 2 at drop, v. phrasal verbs), esp. from a course of study or from society; also, the act of withdrawing… zilch1933 A person of no importance or consequence; a worthless or insignificant person; a nobody, a nonentity. sad sack1943 An inept, foolish, or pathetic person (originally a member of the armed services); a social misfit. Also in extended use, of a thing. loser1955 An unsuccessful or incompetent person, a failure. Subcategories:— through lack of opportunity (1) — one who is past his peak (7) — one who has never been successful (2) — one who could have been more successful (1) — one who has failed in his vocation (1) |
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