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Definition: Sad Sack |
Sad SackNoun1. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Sad SackSynonyms: blunderer (n), botcher (n), bumbler (n), bungler (n), butcher (n), fuckup (n), fumbler (n), stumbler (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Sad Sack (1957) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sad sack | 23 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sad sack"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | кутсузин, некадърник (bungler, dud, duffer, flop, incapable, lightweight, mutt, no good, washout). (various references) | |
Hungarian | balfácán (dildo, fumbler, jerk, klutz, muff, punk, sap, screw-up, twit), élhetetlen alak (muff, wash-out). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | adsay acksay.(various references) | |
Spanish | desgraciado (clumsy, loser, miserable, poor, schlemiel, skate, unfortunate, unhandily, unhappy, unlucky, unskillful, wretch). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-k-s-s" | |
-2 letters: casas, casks, sacks, scads. | |
-3 letters: asks, cads, casa, cask, daks, kaas, sack, sacs, scad, skas. | |
-4 letters: aas, ads, ask, ass, cad, dak, kas, sac, sad, ska. | |
-5 letters: aa, ad, as, ka. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-k-s-s" | |
+4 letters: packsaddles. | |
+5 letters: backwardness. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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