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Recent Examples of schlump
Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
Nensi Dojaka, who came to study in London from Albania at the age of 17, has put her finger on designing a sophisticated way of exposing and covering the body that’s become an immediate hit with young women raring to put lockdown schlump behind them.
—Sarah Mower, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2021
Savett stands 5-foot-7 and was unhappy with athletic shorts, designed for taller men, that hung beneath his knee, making him look like a schlump.
—Stu Bykofsky, Philly.com, 10 May 2018
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
Nensi Dojaka, who came to study in London from Albania at the age of 17, has put her finger on designing a sophisticated way of exposing and covering the body that’s become an immediate hit with young women raring to put lockdown schlump behind them.
—Sarah Mower, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2021
Savett stands 5-foot-7 and was unhappy with athletic shorts, designed for taller men, that hung beneath his knee, making him look like a schlump.
—Stu Bykofsky, Philly.com, 10 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schlump
Noun
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An everyday shlub from Earth plunged into outrageous sci-fi situations.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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And such a schlub in a certain way.—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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So a lot of the counterintelligence training that's given to the troops, the officers, the defense contractors, a lot of it is kind of like, don't be naive, don't be a dolt, in short.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
26 Feb. 2026
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Most apartment buildings, basic or deluxe, barely qualify as architecture at all, not because they are designed by dolts but because developers (and the zoning code) demand a crushing efficiency.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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August is when blockheads get cut.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
17 Aug. 2025
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Why have a young man who looks exactly the same as the monolithic blockheads who are Perón’s followers and henchmen?—
Demetrios Matheou,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2025
Noun
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And yet Danielle is currently playing The Traitors so poorly — making big, sloppy, conspicuous moves, alienating potential allies, and fancying herself an Oscar-winning actress while displaying community-center theatrics — that even scene-stealing ignoramus Tom Sandoval has taken notice.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
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And finally, there is Remy (Guillaume Cyr), a well-meaning security guard at the Quebec Maple Association who is a bit of an ignoramus.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In recent episodes, Gene has again taken to criminal scheming, employing the help of Jeff, the Omaha schnook who recognized the Cinnabon manager as the high-profile Saul Goodman.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
8 Aug. 2022
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Sosa has hired someone, a poor schnook named Julian Martinez, to carry his boombox from city to city, clubhouse to clubhouse.—
Teddy Greenstein,
chicagotribune.com,
3 May 2018
Noun
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Each time that a member of Trump’s cabinet self-inflicts harm like this, both the president and the rest of the cabinet come out to express solidarity with the dunce.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
20 Dec. 2025
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The funny thing about all this mickey-the-dunce defense from all these esteemed Democrats is that most of them are lawyers.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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What began as conceptual satire about know-nothing critics with nothing to say became, Heidecker believes, more about the democratization of entertainment and the last days of Hollywood reverence.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2026
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That said, what’s more insufferable—a skeptical know-it-all or a proud know-nothing?—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Schlump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schlump. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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