sad sacks
Hapless, inept types
Sad sacks are people regarded as pathetic, hapless, or chronically unsuccessful.
The term suggests someone defeated by life's ordinary challenges—moping, ineffectual, pitiable: Look at these sad sacks waiting in line at the unemployment office.
The singular sad sack originated as World War II military slang for an inept soldier.
- bunglerInept person
- blundererOne who errs clumsily
- Charlie BrownLovable loser in comics
- dejectedLow in spirits
- bumblerHabitually clumsy person
Eeyore · poor souls · gloomy · miserable · botcher · despondent · dismal · self-pity · woe is me · pity party · disheartened · failure · schlemiels · defeatism · lost causes · downcast · woebegone · melancholy
sad sacksgo-getters
Ambitiously proactive people
dynamos · self-starters · movers and shakers · hustlers · fireballs
sad sacksrays of sunshine
Light from the sun
happy campers · optimists · bright sparks · sunbeams · life of the party
sad sackswinners
Those who prevail
golden boys · success stories · superstars · whiz kids · fair-haired boys
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