Usually means: Clumsy person causing frequent accidents.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word schlemiel:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. schlemiel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. schlemiel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. schlemiel: Collins English Dictionary
  4. schlemiel: Vocabulary.com
  5. schlemiel: Wordnik
  6. schlemiel: Wiktionary
  7. schlemiel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. schlemiel: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. schlemiel: Dictionary.com
  10. schlemiel: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Schlemiel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. schlemiel: Rhymezone
  13. schlemiel: FreeDictionary.org
  14. schlemiel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. schlemiel: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. schlemiel: Merriam-Webster

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. schlemiel: A Word A Day
  2. schlemiel: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. schlemiel: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. schlemiel: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A loser or a fool.
▸ noun:  A person who is clumsy or who hurts others emotionally.

Similar:
shlemiel, fool, chump, mug, fall guy, sucker, Patsy, soft touch, mark, gull, more...

Opposite:
schlimazel, lucky person, fortunate one

Types:
shlemiel, shlimazel, schlemazl, schlimazl, shlemazel, shlimazl, more...

Adjectives:
poor, male, yiddish, female, such, classical, traditional, real, moral, little, classic


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Similar:
shlemiel, fool, chump, mug, fall guy, sucker, Patsy, soft touch, mark, gull, more...

Opposite:
schlimazel, lucky person, fortunate one

Types:
shlemiel, shlimazel, schlemazl, schlimazl, shlemazel, shlimazl, more...

Adjectives:
poor, male, yiddish, female, such, classical, traditional, real, moral, little, classic



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