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SAD SACK

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Dictionary entry overview: What does sad sack mean?

• SAD SACK (noun)
The noun SAD SACK has 1 sense:

1. someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

Familiarity information: SAD SACK used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SAD SACK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

blunderer; botcher; bumbler; bungler; fuckup; fumbler; sad sack; stumbler; butcher

Hypernyms ("sad sack" is a kind of...):

incompetent; incompetent person (someone who is not competent to take effective action)

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