noun
- plural of shlemiel: unlucky or incompetent people who are easily taken advantage of
Usage: informal; Yiddish origin
Examples
- The con artist targeted the shlemiels who looked gullible.
- Don’t be one of those shlemiels who falls for every scam.
- The shlemiels in the office always get stuck with extra work.
- He felt like one of the shlemiels when he realized he’d been tricked.
- The movie portrayed the main characters as lovable shlemiels.
- Those poor shlemiels never saw the prank coming.