schlumpy

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adjective

Looking like a schlump; slovenly or unbecoming

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Meanings

adjectiveschlumpy (comparative schlumpier, superlative schlumpiest)

comparative schlumpier · superlative schlumpiest

  1. Looking like a schlump; slovenly or unbecoming

    I smiled at them with the slight mix of condescension and thanks I thought befitted a beautiful woman as she passed schlumpier mortals on the street.

    2006, Kamy Wicoff, I Do But I Don't, →ISBN, page 222
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    The country is going to have to get used to seeing a vice president in a schlumpy T-shirt and cargo pants. ... And they’re going to have to get used to seeing a vice president who can fix a car or go hunting.

    2024, R.T. Rybak, quoted in: Cameron Joseph, What Tim Walz brings to the table as Kamala Harris’ VP pick, in: The Christian Science Monitor, August 6 2024

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
unkempt

Origin

From schlump + -y.

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APA

schlumpy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schlumpy

MLA

“schlumpy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schlumpy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schlumpy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schlumpy.

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