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"Schlimazel"
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yiddish
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shemozzle
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oblomov
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inept
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unlucky
A schlimazel [an Anglicization of the Yiddish compound "shemozzle" - "bad" and "luck"] is a pathetic failure, someone who wants to succeed but cannot. See: OBLOMOV.
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(Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything
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