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Recent Examples of lumpish
The contrast with Durant’s lumpish Johnny makes no sense.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
Chuck Mumpson, an American boor as lumpish as his name.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
Their bodies range from eely, jawless lampreys to flattened flounders to huge, lumpish ocean sunfish.
—Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumpish
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Do not forget that the local job market was wobbly in 2025.—
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The Rockies have taken their first step toward shoring up their wobbly rotation by adding veteran right-hander Michael Lorenzen.—
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Unfortunately, through its first four episodes, The Copenhagen Test is also a wonderful sleep aid — a whole lot of leaden dialogue and convoluted plotting, with very little intensity or momentum.—
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These choices add more implausibility to a script already leaden with it.—
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Mid-month, however, brings a refreshing shift with Venus and the sun entering Aquarius, which reminds you that love doesn’t have to feel heavy or burdensome to be significant.—
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Time constraints, rising labor costs and the physical effort required for frequent mowing have made traditional lawn care increasingly burdensome.—
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That's thanks to knobby dual-sport tires from Ceat mated to 19-inch front and 18-inch rear spoked aluminum wheels, and upside-down front forks with long suspension travel.—
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It was mostly composed of only one skull bone instead of the two bones seen in later species and largely lacked the knobby horns that other pachycephalosaurs had as ornamentation.—
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The boogie-woogie vibe instilled by Federici’s jangly piano pegs it as a pool hall hit rather than the headphones-listening and ponderous nature of the original.—
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Gopnik credits Kleinschmidt with considerable, if ponderous, insight laced with anecdotes, often inappropriately intimate, about his many famous literary and artistic patients.—
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The knobbed Lochlan fireplace screen does not disappoint.—
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These movies—including the seven-hour-long Sátántangó, a centerpiece of which is a shambling dance in a barroom—often swap the meandering sentence for a single camera shot that lasts 10 minutes or more.—
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Once the beyond-the-grave comeuppance arrives, this short is just standard shambling ghouls and raining blood.—
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The butt-flattering pants look like chic trousers but feel like sweats, and don’t have any bulky design details.—
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This hanging cube organizer is a convenient place to store bulkier items such as sweaters, shoes, and handbags.—
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“Lumpish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumpish. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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