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dork - A dull, slow-witted, or socially inept person

Jenny wanted the handsome football player to ask her to the prom, but so far, only the dorks had approached her.

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sap - A person who is likely to be taken advantage of, and who does not get respect

Joe was always eager to help others, but others never helped him, and he suspected that they regarded him as a sap that didn't deserve any respect.

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flaky - Unreliable or inconsistent in behavior, especially in keeping commitments.

He’s kind of flaky—he said he’d meet us, but we waited and waited, and he never showed up.

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schnook - A person easily duped; a fool

Charlie Brown was a schnook because he never expected before it happened that Lucy would pull the football away from him every single time.

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bum - A lazy or worthless person; a freeloader.

Every time we went shopping downtown, we always ran ino the same bum who asked us for some money.

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pointless - Having no purpose, and is not worth doing

Though Bill's parents wanted him to be a doctor, he didn't find it interesting, and hated the sight of blood, so he thought it was pointless to apply to medical school.

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chump - A foolish or easily deceived person

Randall didn't play three-card monte like the other chumps he saw falling for the con-men inviting people on the street to play, because he wanted to keep his money.

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Jerk - A contemptibly obnoxious person

Tia was just trying to drive home, but the jerk in the next lane yelled at her for driving too slowly.

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gullible - Easily persuaded to believe something; credulous

Charlie Brown was so gullible that he kept trying to kick the football, even though Lucy would always pull it away.

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inept - Having or showing no skill; clumsy

In his rookie debut, Omar seemed inept because he struck out every time he was at bat for his first 4 games, but then he improved, much to his and his team's relief.

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spendthrift - Someone who spends a lot of money in a way that wastes it

Arnold was a spendthrift, couldn't keep to a budget, and never seemed to have enough money.

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dupe - A victim of deception

The homeless man tried to sell magic beans to a passing man because he looked like a dupe.