noun
- plural of schlemiel: unlucky or awkward people who are easily taken advantage of
Usage: informal; Yiddish origin
Examples
- The con artist targeted schlemiels who would believe his get-rich-quick scheme.
- Don’t be one of those schlemiels who falls for every sales pitch.
- The bullies always picked on the schlemiels in our class.
- Those poor schlemiels lost their life savings to the scammer.
- He felt like one of the schlemiels who got stuck with the worst assignments.
- The schlemiels were the first to be laid off when the company downsized.