schlubby
/ˈʃlʌbi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It's a wasted review copy, sending “schlubby” nonfiction to Eliot Fremont-Smith at New York magazine or a book by William Buckley to Rolling Stone […]"
- "Except for Barry Diller eating steak and Diane Von Furstenberg picking at his frites, the room at the top is still empty at 9:30 p.m. On the ground floor, the chic and the schlubby are slowly rendering the bar invisible."
- "In fact, the Internet, for political if not commercial causes, turns out to be a way to efficiently reach people whose very engagement (even overengagement) separates them most from ordinary zhlubby citizens."
- "[P]ut on your schlubbiest clothes, dab on some pimple cream, and go to the grocery store. […] Don't start your days in the hole. Besides, you never know when the new Mr. Right will come along. …"
- "Just thinking about ballet makes most people feel schlubbier and more sluglike when they shuffle out of their bedrooms in the morning or slide under the barstool at night."
- "Although [Seth] Rogen had his artistic breakthrough with “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” two years ago, he achieved mass appeal this year as a funny, lovable, shlubby every-guy who won the beautiful blonde."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈʃlʌbi/
- British English: /ˈʃlʌbi/
Usage
Inflected Forms
schlubbier (comparative)
more schlubby (comparative)
schlubbiest (superlative)
most schlubby (superlative)
shlubby (alternative)
zhlubby (alternative)