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lamer

lamer is the comparative form of lame.

Meaning of lame

Adjective

lame (comparative lamer, superlative lamest)

  1. (especially) Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
    • With the years, this horse has little by little gone lame.
    Synonyms:
    crippled
    1. (especially, especially a foot or leg) That cannot be moved properly.
    2. (dated, especially, offensive) Physically disabled.
      • a lame man
  2. (broadly, dated) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
    • a lame endeavoura. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...
    Antonyms:
    efficient, perfect
  3. (colloquial) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
    • He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.
    Synonyms:
    weak
  4. (colloquial) Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny.
    • He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night.

See all 12 meanings of lame

Noun

lamer (plural lamers)

  1. (dated, derogatory, slang) A person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence.
    • Phil and his counterparts in Asia and the US are deployed to infiltrate pirate groups; to study IRC; to get under the skin of the lamers, the dabblers, and the professionals; to chat, seduce, charm, and interact with the denizens of this bizarre over-underworld.1997 April 1, David McCandless, “Warez Wars”, in Wired, →ISSN
    • Other accounts mention that the lamers are constantly asking for advice on coding routines.2009, John Impagliazzo, Timo Järvi, Petri Paju, editors, History of Nordic Computing 2 […] , Springer, →ISBN, page 298
    Antonyms:
    elite

Proper noun capitalized: Lamer

Lamer (plural Lamers)

  1. A surname.

Antonyms of lamer

Forms of lamer

Noun
plurallamers
Proper noun
pluralLamers

Origin of lamer

From lame + -er.

Words that rhyme with lamer

Questions about lamer

What does lamer mean?
Lamer means a person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence.
What is lamer the comparative form of?
Lamer is the comparative form of lame.
What part of speech is lamer?
Lamer can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of lamer?
The plural of lamer is lamers.

Words near lamer in the dictionary

  1. laments
  2. lameo
  3. lameoid
  4. lameoids
  5. lameos
  6. lamer
  7. Lamere
  8. Lameres
  9. lamers
  10. Lamerton
  11. Lamertons

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