Meaning Of The Word Lumpen

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lumpen
A lumpen object is large, heavy, and lumpy.

lumpen in American English
designating or of persons or groups regarded as belonging to a low or contemptible segment of their class or kind because of their unproductiveness, shiftlessness, alienation, degeneration, etc.
such a person or group
adjective: of or pertaining to disfranchised and uprooted individuals or groups, esp. those who have lost status
noun: a lumpen individual or group

lumpen in British English
adjective: stupid or unthinking

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