sadsack
sadsack is the alternative form of sad sack.
Meaning of sad sack
Noun
sad sack (plural sad sacks)
- An incompetent or inept person.
- One law enforcement official played down Mr. Defreitas’s ability to carry out an attack, calling him “a sad sack” and “not a Grade A terrorist.”2007 June 3, Cara Buckley, William K. Rashbaum, “4 Men Accused of Plot to Blow Up Kennedy Airport Terminals and Fuel Lines”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Apr 2015
- A perennial failure or victim of misfortune.
- “Super Sad” takes as its Romeo and Juliet, its Tristan and Iseult, a middle-aged sad sack named Lenny Abramov and a much younger beauty named Eunice Park.2010 July 26, Michiko Kakutani, “Love Found Amid Ruins of Empire”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Forms of sadsack
| plural | sadsacks |
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Questions about sadsack
- What is sadsack the alternative form of?
- Sadsack is the alternative form of sad sack.
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