flummoxed
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All of those lovable lummoxes out there with their hyper-verbal lady friends will learn a little about cooperation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Together, Tom and Gregory are the series’ Dumb and Dumber, lummoxes whose natural goofiness series creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong calls upon to balance out Roman’s and Shiv's cruel sniping.
From Salon • Aug. 22, 2019
This means that while we see them as they see each other, we are also allowed to see them as they see themselves — which is as gauche lummoxes.
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2015
And there they saw local lummoxes Richard Forshaw and Robert Mawdsley, guffawing as they lifted the coffin to their shoulders and carried it away.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2014