lummoxes

plural of lummox
as in gawks
a clumsy, awkward person that player is a lummox in the outfield, with three errors just this week

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Noun
  • The four producers on the project were responsible for producing the full project — including the audio dubs across languages, the music and the score – over six weeks.
    Corbin Bolies, Variety, 23 June 2026
  • Kansas City played host to the Tahoe Knight Monsters and beat the visitors twice at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, adding two more dubs to the win column.
    The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Can turkey tail mushrooms shrink lipomas, the soft, fatty lumps that show up under the skin of countless aging dogs?
    Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026
  • Far from lumps of rock, the trojans, along with DJ and Dinkinesh (which is the Ethiopian name for the Lucy fossil), are windows into the past, and the storytellers of the Earth's most ancient history.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026
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“Lummoxes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lummoxes. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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