noun
- an unlucky or awkward person who is easily taken advantage of
Usage: informal; from Yiddish
Examples
- Don’t be such a schlemiel and let them walk all over you.
- The poor schlemiel lost his wallet on the first day of vacation.
- He’s always the schlemiel who gets blamed when things go wrong.
- She felt like a schlemiel after falling for the obvious scam.
- The movie’s main character is a lovable schlemiel who can’t catch a break.
- Every group has that one schlemiel who spills coffee on important documents.