shlemiel
/ʃləˈmiːl/
noun
- A clumsy, unlucky person who is always making mistakes or getting into trouble.
- In the story, the shlemiel tries to help but ends up making everything worse.
- The poor shlemiel locked his keys in the car and then dropped his phone in a puddle.
- My brother is a shlemiel — he walked into a glass door and then blamed the door.