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/ʃlʌmp/ · noun
(slang, originally US) Someone who is lazy, slovenly, or dull-looking..
Leave the schlumps behind. You can't hope to find Mr. Right but continue to see Mr. Not-on-Your-Life.
After years of wearing her hair in braids and schlumping down Seventh Avenue all covered up in padded coats, sweaters, and undies, Wally reinvented herself as a hot tamale with a mane of wild ringlets and a Coca-Cola—shaped bod.
Al then schlumped upstage to the piano to talk with a man who could do anything asked of him. (Theater accompanists are an amazing lot. They can play anything you request in any tempo and in every key.)
Use schlump when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Schlump means (slang, originally US) Someone who is lazy, slovenly, or dull-looking..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Leave the schlumps behind. You can't hope to find Mr. Right but continue to see Mr. Not-on-Your-Life.
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