Lumpen

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Past participle of limp.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. mentally sluggish.
  • noun. same as lumpenproletariat.
  • noun. The European eelpout; -- called also lumper.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or referring to social outcasts.
  • adjective. Of or relating to the lumpenproletariat.
  • adjective. Plebeian
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  • adjective. mentally sluggish
  • Word Usage
    "Our social welfare R50 Billion budget per annum should address the basic needs of people and it should seek to address the problem of poverty, stemming from children, pensioners, people with HIV - AIDS, people with disabilities and the highly unemployable, what we term the lumpen proletariat."
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    stupid  
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