Definition of schlemiel in English:

schlemiel

nounʃləˈmiːlʃləˈmil

North American informal

A stupid, awkward, or unlucky person.
he seems like the classic underdog schlemiel
you schlemiel, it's right outside!
Example sentencesExamples
- His clients are schlemiels who pay to learn the tricks they need to help them close the deal.
- But unlike Woody or Tommy - schlemiels with whom we can identify- Vladimir's ‘problems’ are too hysterical, too willfully and ridiculously constructed, for us to empathize.
- But they all praise the author, and fan the flames of his remarkably well-presented public posture of brilliant author posing as humorous, downtrodden schlemiel posing as brilliant author.
- There is apparently no one in his coterie who will point out to him that his nervous schlemiel is by now tired and threadbare and that he is no longer writing many funny lines.
- Furthermore, one doesn't need to be a Freudian (his former favorite form of therapy) to know that a true schlemiel and/or neurotic could not produce the sheer volume of work that he has.
- When it comes to chopping veggies, a schlemiel would spend days building a massive contraption to do it for him.
- Mr. Paul is far from the village idiot type embodied by Gimpel, the butt of incessant practical jokes, a genuine schlemiel.
- The REAL reason they started positioning their army units horizontally is that they are uncoordinated schlemiels, who keep bumping into the table the board is on, knocking the pieces into disarray.
- Oh my God, I thought, I could never explain this without looking like a total schlemiel!
- You can't stand whiners, weaklings, schlemiels or schlemozzles.
- He's a schlemiel, for one, someone who is constitutionally unequipped for the rigors of contemporary life, and whose benighted gropings would seem tragic, if only they were not so comic.
- He is equally good as the powerless schlemiel whose life is collapsing all around him, and who takes his power at the expense of his captive.
- It looks as if there's one law for the notorious, and another for the schlemiels in the pews.
- An ethnically Jewish version of the fool, the schlemiel is caught up in situations that reflect the historical problems of the Jewish people.
- Likewise, the insight that the schlemiels that populate his fiction are hapless because they unwisely separate themselves from the community is a fine one.
- We're the schlemiels who shrug and think to ourselves, Well, at least they get things done.
- Frantically denying the obvious, he's suddenly the bleating schlemiel in a heartless sex farce.
- There is more than a bit of the schlemiel (to cite that useful Gaelic term) about him.
Synonyms
idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod

Origin

Late 19th century: from Yiddish shlemiel.

Rhymes

allele, anele, anneal, appeal, Bastille, Beale, Castile, chenille, cochineal, cockatiel, conceal, congeal, creel, deal, eel, Emile, feel, freewheel, genteel, Guayaquil, heal, heel, he'll, keel, Kiel, kneel, leal, Lille, Lucille, manchineel, meal, misdeal, Neil, O'Neill, ordeal, peal, peel, reel, seal, seel, she'll, spiel, squeal, steal, steel, Steele, teal, underseal, veal, weal, we'll, wheel, zeal

Definition of schlemiel in US English:

schlemiel

(also shlemiel)

nounʃləˈmilSHləˈmēl

North American informal

A stupid, awkward, or unlucky person.
he seems like the classic underdog schlemiel
you schlemiel, it's right outside!
Example sentencesExamples
- He is equally good as the powerless schlemiel whose life is collapsing all around him, and who takes his power at the expense of his captive.
- He's a schlemiel, for one, someone who is constitutionally unequipped for the rigors of contemporary life, and whose benighted gropings would seem tragic, if only they were not so comic.
- There is more than a bit of the schlemiel (to cite that useful Gaelic term) about him.
- The REAL reason they started positioning their army units horizontally is that they are uncoordinated schlemiels, who keep bumping into the table the board is on, knocking the pieces into disarray.
- Furthermore, one doesn't need to be a Freudian (his former favorite form of therapy) to know that a true schlemiel and/or neurotic could not produce the sheer volume of work that he has.
- There is apparently no one in his coterie who will point out to him that his nervous schlemiel is by now tired and threadbare and that he is no longer writing many funny lines.
- But they all praise the author, and fan the flames of his remarkably well-presented public posture of brilliant author posing as humorous, downtrodden schlemiel posing as brilliant author.
- His clients are schlemiels who pay to learn the tricks they need to help them close the deal.
- Frantically denying the obvious, he's suddenly the bleating schlemiel in a heartless sex farce.
- Mr. Paul is far from the village idiot type embodied by Gimpel, the butt of incessant practical jokes, a genuine schlemiel.
- An ethnically Jewish version of the fool, the schlemiel is caught up in situations that reflect the historical problems of the Jewish people.
- Likewise, the insight that the schlemiels that populate his fiction are hapless because they unwisely separate themselves from the community is a fine one.
- Oh my God, I thought, I could never explain this without looking like a total schlemiel!
- We're the schlemiels who shrug and think to ourselves, Well, at least they get things done.
- You can't stand whiners, weaklings, schlemiels or schlemozzles.
- But unlike Woody or Tommy - schlemiels with whom we can identify- Vladimir's ‘problems’ are too hysterical, too willfully and ridiculously constructed, for us to empathize.
- When it comes to chopping veggies, a schlemiel would spend days building a massive contraption to do it for him.
- It looks as if there's one law for the notorious, and another for the schlemiels in the pews.
Synonyms
idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod

Origin

Late 19th century: from Yiddish shlemiel.

单词	schlemiel
释义	Definition of schlemiel in English: schlemiel nounʃləˈmiːlʃləˈmil North American informal A stupid, awkward, or unlucky person. he seems like the classic underdog schlemiel you schlemiel, it's right outside! Example sentencesExamples His clients are schlemiels who pay to learn the tricks they need to help them close the deal. But unlike Woody or Tommy - schlemiels with whom we can identify- Vladimir's ‘problems’ are too hysterical, too willfully and ridiculously constructed, for us to empathize. But they all praise the author, and fan the flames of his remarkably well-presented public posture of brilliant author posing as humorous, downtrodden schlemiel posing as brilliant author. There is apparently no one in his coterie who will point out to him that his nervous schlemiel is by now tired and threadbare and that he is no longer writing many funny lines. Furthermore, one doesn't need to be a Freudian (his former favorite form of therapy) to know that a true schlemiel and/or neurotic could not produce the sheer volume of work that he has. When it comes to chopping veggies, a schlemiel would spend days building a massive contraption to do it for him. Mr. Paul is far from the village idiot type embodied by Gimpel, the butt of incessant practical jokes, a genuine schlemiel. The REAL reason they started positioning their army units horizontally is that they are uncoordinated schlemiels, who keep bumping into the table the board is on, knocking the pieces into disarray. Oh my God, I thought, I could never explain this without looking like a total schlemiel! You can't stand whiners, weaklings, schlemiels or schlemozzles. He's a schlemiel, for one, someone who is constitutionally unequipped for the rigors of contemporary life, and whose benighted gropings would seem tragic, if only they were not so comic. He is equally good as the powerless schlemiel whose life is collapsing all around him, and who takes his power at the expense of his captive. It looks as if there's one law for the notorious, and another for the schlemiels in the pews. An ethnically Jewish version of the fool, the schlemiel is caught up in situations that reflect the historical problems of the Jewish people. Likewise, the insight that the schlemiels that populate his fiction are hapless because they unwisely separate themselves from the community is a fine one. We're the schlemiels who shrug and think to ourselves, Well, at least they get things done. Frantically denying the obvious, he's suddenly the bleating schlemiel in a heartless sex farce. There is more than a bit of the schlemiel (to cite that useful Gaelic term) about him. Synonyms idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod Origin Late 19th century: from Yiddish shlemiel. Rhymes allele, anele, anneal, appeal, Bastille, Beale, Castile, chenille, cochineal, cockatiel, conceal, congeal, creel, deal, eel, Emile, feel, freewheel, genteel, Guayaquil, heal, heel, he'll, keel, Kiel, kneel, leal, Lille, Lucille, manchineel, meal, misdeal, Neil, O'Neill, ordeal, peal, peel, reel, seal, seel, she'll, spiel, squeal, steal, steel, Steele, teal, underseal, veal, weal, we'll, wheel, zeal Definition of schlemiel in US English: schlemiel (also shlemiel) nounʃləˈmilSHləˈmēl North American informal A stupid, awkward, or unlucky person. he seems like the classic underdog schlemiel you schlemiel, it's right outside! Example sentencesExamples He is equally good as the powerless schlemiel whose life is collapsing all around him, and who takes his power at the expense of his captive. He's a schlemiel, for one, someone who is constitutionally unequipped for the rigors of contemporary life, and whose benighted gropings would seem tragic, if only they were not so comic. There is more than a bit of the schlemiel (to cite that useful Gaelic term) about him. The REAL reason they started positioning their army units horizontally is that they are uncoordinated schlemiels, who keep bumping into the table the board is on, knocking the pieces into disarray. Furthermore, one doesn't need to be a Freudian (his former favorite form of therapy) to know that a true schlemiel and/or neurotic could not produce the sheer volume of work that he has. There is apparently no one in his coterie who will point out to him that his nervous schlemiel is by now tired and threadbare and that he is no longer writing many funny lines. But they all praise the author, and fan the flames of his remarkably well-presented public posture of brilliant author posing as humorous, downtrodden schlemiel posing as brilliant author. His clients are schlemiels who pay to learn the tricks they need to help them close the deal. Frantically denying the obvious, he's suddenly the bleating schlemiel in a heartless sex farce. Mr. Paul is far from the village idiot type embodied by Gimpel, the butt of incessant practical jokes, a genuine schlemiel. An ethnically Jewish version of the fool, the schlemiel is caught up in situations that reflect the historical problems of the Jewish people. Likewise, the insight that the schlemiels that populate his fiction are hapless because they unwisely separate themselves from the community is a fine one. Oh my God, I thought, I could never explain this without looking like a total schlemiel! We're the schlemiels who shrug and think to ourselves, Well, at least they get things done. You can't stand whiners, weaklings, schlemiels or schlemozzles. But unlike Woody or Tommy - schlemiels with whom we can identify- Vladimir's ‘problems’ are too hysterical, too willfully and ridiculously constructed, for us to empathize. When it comes to chopping veggies, a schlemiel would spend days building a massive contraption to do it for him. It looks as if there's one law for the notorious, and another for the schlemiels in the pews. Synonyms idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod Origin Late 19th century: from Yiddish shlemiel.
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