shlimazel
9.9
A person who has very bad luck and often fails
- noun
- /ʃlɪˈmɑːzəl/
- Offensive
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- Everyone knows he's a shlimazel; he always finds a way to mess things up.
Examples
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Despite her best efforts, she felt like a shlimazel in every job interview.
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As he stumbled over his words, it was clear that he was a bit of a shlimazel.
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" Abrams, Gordon, Kravitz, Levy - what are we running, a shlimazel farm?
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
405
2.7
A person who does not succeed at things they try
is more about being unlucky or inept than simply lacking success
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9.9
A person who is often clumsy and makes mistakes
is more about bad luck and being doomed than mere clumsiness
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9.9
A person who is always unlucky and often has bad things happen to them
is the same meaning but in an alternative form
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6.5
A person who often fails and seems unlucky
is more about bad luck or ineptness than fate alone
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9.9
A clumsy person who often makes mistakes and causes small accidents
is stronger on being unlucky and doomed to fail
unsuccessful person
vsshlimazel
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4.2
A person who often fails to reach their goals
is more about being unlucky or inept rather than general failure
Antonyms
How Unlucky
shlimazel
- Offensive
unfortunate person
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3.4
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3.4
Surface Forms
shlimazel singular
shlimazels plural
Etymology
Shlimazel comes from Yiddish and joins a German word schlimm meaning 'bad' with the Hebrew mazal meaning 'luck'. So a shlimazel is a person who seems to have 'bad luck' all the time.