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schlubbiest

schlubbiest is the superlative form of schlubby.

Meaning of schlubby

Adjective

schlubby (comparative schlubbier or more schlubby, superlative schlubbiest or most schlubby)

  1. (Jewish, New-York-City, informal, slang) Clumsy, oafish, or socially awkward; unattractive or unkempt.
    • It's a wasted review copy, sending “schlubby” nonfiction to Eliot Fremont-Smith at New York magazine or a book by William Buckley to Rolling Stone […]1974, Genevieve Stuttaford, “A Short Review of the Magazine Reviewers”, in Publishers Weekly, volume 206, number 19, New York, N.Y.: F[rederick] Leypoldt, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 1

Questions about schlubbiest

What is schlubbiest the superlative form of?
Schlubbiest is the superlative form of schlubby.

Words near schlubbiest in the dictionary

  1. Schlotts
  2. Schlotz
  3. schls.
  4. schlub
  5. schlubbier
  6. schlubbiest
  7. schlubbiness
  8. schlubby
  9. schlubs
  10. Schlueter
  11. Schlueters

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