schlub

variants also shlub
slang

Examples Sentences

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Recent Examples of schlub The actor neither softens nor romanticizes the countercultural cartoonist, a brilliant schlub whose artistry is inextricable from his Cleveland crab-apple worldview. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024 Because of his talent for playing unglamorous slobs and schlubs, Giamatti is an easy actor to typecast. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024 Samet, cynically defending his right to be an isolationist schlub, dismisses justice and community as naïve ideals. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2024 And carrying his inevitable thirtysomething disillusionment in a little schlub around the midriff, for sure. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 9 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for schlub 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schlub
Noun
  • In Vermont, a fast-acting witness spotted a struggling 7-year-old mutt in trouble and waded into an icy river up to his waist to reunite the dog with its grateful owner.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Two lively mutts guard the noodle factory on the other side of the fence.
    Anne F. Thurston, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2016
Noun
  • An underrated gem — not enough people have seen this top-tier season — Squirrels Trip has some fabulous vocals, very funny lyrics, a heavy dose of stupid, and an engaging story.
    Barry Levitt, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The stupid!
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 July 2021
Noun
  • Of course, there was at least one huge financial loser in all of this: insurance companies.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
  • That merely raises the dangerous specter of future lawless conduct by other poor losers and undermines the rule of law.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2025

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“Schlub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schlub. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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