schlumpy

Looking like a schlump; slovenly or unbecoming

Adjective

  1. Looking like a schlump; slovenly or unbecoming
    • I smiled at them with the slight mix of condescension and thanks I thought befitted a beautiful woman as she passed schlumpier mortals on the street. - 2006, Kamy Wicoff, I Do But I Don't, →ISBN, page 222:
    • The country is going to have to get used to seeing a vice president in a schlumpy T-shirt and cargo pants. ... And they’re going to have to get used to seeing a vice president who can fix a car or go hunting. - 2024,...

Origin

Etymology tree English schlump Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English schlumpy From schlump + -y.

Forms

schlumpier schlumpiest

Derived

schlumpily schlumpiness