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sad sack

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sad sack

A singularly inept person, as in Poor George is a hopeless sad sack. This term alludes to a cartoon character, Sad Sack, invented by George Baker in 1942 and representing a soldier in ill-fitting uniform who failed at whatever he tried to do. It was soon transferred to clumsily inept civilians.

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sad sack

n. a sad person; a listless or depressed person. Tom always looks like such a sad sack.

See also: sack, sad