Usually means: Unimpressive, clumsy, and generally inept.
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  1. schlub: Merriam-Webster
  2. schlub: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. schlub: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. schlub: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Schlub, schlub: Wordnik
  6. schlub: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. schlub: Wiktionary
  8. schlub: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. schlub: Dictionary.com
  10. schlub: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Schlub: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. schlub: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. schlub, schlub: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (schlub)

▸ noun:  (chiefly US, informal) A person who is clumsy, oafish, or socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt.

Similar:
shlub, schlob, schlump, shlump, schloomp, slob, slubber, slubberdegullion, klutz, schlomp, more...

Opposite:
dapper, stylish, sharp, suave, debonair

Types:
slob, loser, jerk, douchebag, turd, more...
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Similar:
shlub, schlob, schlump, shlump, schloomp, slob, slubber, slubberdegullion, klutz, schlomp, more...

Opposite:
dapper, stylish, sharp, suave, debonair

Types:
slob, loser, jerk, douchebag, turd, more...



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