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sad sack
sad sack (plural sad sacks)


noun 
Definition:
 
inept person: somebody, especially a soldier, who means well but is hopelessly inept ( informal )

[Mid-20th century. < a melancholy cartoon GI created by U.S. cartoonist George Baker]
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