sad sack
noun Slang.
a pathetically inept person, especially a soldier, who continually blunders in spite of good intentions.
Origin of sad sack
after the cartoon character created in 1942 by U.S. cartoonist George Baker (1915–75)
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Example sentences from the Web for sad sack
Her sad-sack ex, currently busy haunting Chapel Hill bars, continues to escape any real blame.
British Dictionary definitions for sad sack
sad sack
noun
US slang
an inept person who makes mistakes despite good intentions
Word Origin for sad sack
C20: from a cartoon character created by G. Baker, US cartoonist
Idioms and Phrases with sad sack
sad sack
A singularly inept person, as in Poor George is a hopeless sad sack. This term alludes to a cartoon character, Sad Sack, invented by George Baker in 1942 and representing a soldier in ill-fitting uniform who failed at whatever he tried to do. It was soon transferred to clumsily inept civilians.