1. an unlucky or inept person who is easily taken advantage of
Usage: informal; from Yiddish

Examples

• Don’t be such a shlemiel and let them overcharge you.
• The poor shlemiel spilled coffee on his shirt right before the interview.
• He’s always the shlemiel who gets blamed when things go wrong.
• She felt like a shlemiel for falling for the obvious scam.
• The movie’s main character is a lovable shlemiel who can’t catch a break.
• Every group has that one shlemiel who always forgets their wallet.