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Recent Examples of lumpish
Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
Their bodies range from eely, jawless lampreys to flattened flounders to huge, lumpish ocean sunfish.
—Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2018
Chuck Mumpson, an American boor as lumpish as his name.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
Their bodies range from eely, jawless lampreys to flattened flounders to huge, lumpish ocean sunfish.
—Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2018
Chuck Mumpson, an American boor as lumpish as his name.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumpish
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For a movie whose chief anthem is an advertisement for the joys of defying gravity, Wicked is surprisingly leaden, with a promise of more of the same to come.Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024
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Sources of support Back at the Denny’s parking lot, the sky had turned leaden gray, and Mckenzie bummed a cigarette from her best friend, Christina Bojorquez.Gale Holland, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2022
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The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a trade group representing most major automakers except Tesla, has also criticized the requirement as burdensome.Jarrett Renshaw, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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General manager Trent Baalke is faced with making burdensome decisions on how to approach 2025, and cutting the cord on Engram's contract would be the first step in alleviating cap pressure and rebuilding a franchise that hasn't finished above .500 since 2007.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Plzen were no different, pressing well in phases, but rarely troubled by a United attack that passed the ball in a ponderous fashion and rarely attempted to run in behind.Carl Anka, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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But the seven-episode season, written entirely by Gunn and directed by Matt Peters and Sam Liu, is as playful and irreverent as most load-bearing franchise entrants are ponderous and weighted down by obligations to a larger narrative.Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
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The researchers also analyzed how easily astronauts could enter and exit the rovers and operate controls while wearing bulky spacesuit gloves.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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At this point, any serious retro gamer knows that a bulky cathode ray tube (CRT) TV provides the most authentic, lag-free experience for game consoles that predate the era of flat-panel HDTVs (i.e,.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
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The bourbon is creamy on the palate with an oily, viscous texture and a pronounced mouth weight, featuring flavors of blackberry jam, vanilla laced-crème brûlée, caramel, candied orange zest, and milk chocolate notes.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Gonzalo Alonso-Álvarez, a physicist at the University of Toronto, thinks a viscous kind of dark matter might be the solution to the final-parsec problem.Jonathan O’Callaghan, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2024
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Ascension is a massive not-for-profit health system, whereas Prime includes the for-profit Prime Healthcare Services and an affiliated charity called the Prime Healthcare Foundation, under which 14 of Prime’s hospitals operate.Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2024
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Burnes appears to be in no rush to sign his massive contract, but neither the Giants nor the Blue Jays appear to be backing down anytime soon.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Not only did the competition not see the future of payments through the unsteady rise of PayPal, neither did the talented within Silicon Valley.John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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After a slightly unsteady start, the 60-year-old governor found his grove for a spell once Vance’s fake story about the legal Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio allegedly eating pets was brought up.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
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With a rocker’s bleached-out shag, ropy arms vined with tattoos and jangly silver bracelets, and skintight jeans slashed by rips and rivets, Mr. Webb was a proudly resolute bearer of the punk-glam torch, even as the decades moved inexorably along.Penelope Green, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
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Nearly 2m Ukrainians have arrived since 2014, pushed by a ropy national economy and a war in the country’s east, and pulled by higher wages in Poland.The Economist, The Economist, 22 Feb. 2020
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“Lumpish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumpish. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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