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lumpen

adjective (PERSON)
 
 
/ˈlʌm.pən/ informal disapproving

Definition

describes people who are not clever or well educated, and who are not interested in changing or improving their situation: the lumpen proletariat (= unskilled working people)Stupid and sillyOf unsound mind
(Definition of lumpen adjective (PERSON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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