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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 incompetenceplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SAD SACK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

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

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

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


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