lumpenadjective
uk/ˈlʌm.pən/us/ˈlʌm.pən/lumpen adjective (PERSON)
informal disapproving used to describe people who are not clever or well educated, and who are not interested in changing or improving their situation:
the lumpen proletariat (= unskilled working people)
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Stupid and silly
- (as) thick as two short planks idiom
- absurd
- adolescent
- against your better judgment idiom
- asinine
- be crazy about sb/sth idiom
- certifiable
- dotty
- dozy
- drink, laugh, etc. yourself silly idiom
- drivel
- dumb
- gibber
- laughable
- loony
- loopy
- lumpish
- madcap
- slow
- wrongheaded
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lumpen adjective (OBJECT)
disapproving heavy and awkward
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Thick, dense and heavy
- chunky
- clunky
- cumbersome
- dense
- densely
- density
- encumber
- heaviness
- heavy
- hefty
- sludgy
- thick
- thicken
- thickness
- unwieldy
- weigh
- weigh a ton idiom
- weight
- wiry
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