Meaning of sad sack | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An incompetent or inept person.
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2. A perennial failure or victim of misfortune.
   US

Examples

“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.””

““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.”

“Weary of his drab life with its nowhere job, failed marriage, boring girlfriend, and estranged teenage son, a middle-aged sad sack fakes his death, changes his identity, and hits the road.”

“We meet him as he's on his way out, taking the news with equal parts tantrum and sad-sack acceptance.”

“So Samantha, the A.I. assistant with whom the sad-sack divorcé Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) fell in love in “Her,” felt like a futuristic revelation.”

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