Shlimazel (Noun)
Meaning
(Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- He's such a shlimazel that he even managed to get a parking ticket on his own driveway.
- My cousin is a shlimazel, every business he starts ends up in bankruptcy within a year.
- After spilling coffee on his shirt and missing the bus, he declared himself the ultimate shlimazel.
- The team's star player was a shlimazel, dropping every pass and causing them to lose the championship.
- Her roommate is a shlimazel, continuously breaking household items and never fixing anything.