| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Asks cads about the inept soldiers (3.5) | ||
| Perennial blunderers | Newsday | 08 Jul 2022 |
| Pathetic bunglers | The New Yorker | 17 Feb 2020 |
| Inept types | Eugene Sheffer | 22 Oct 2019 |
| Depressive sorts | Universal | 12 Jun 2017 |
| Depressive sorts | ||
| Bunglers | ||
| Sorry schlubs | ||
| Bumbling GIs | ||
| Debbie Downers | ||
| Bumblers | ||
| Bumbling GIs | ||
| Pathetic sorts | ||
| Bumbling bunglers | ||
| Sorry soldiers | ||
| Blundering GIs | ||
| Bunglers | ||
| Inept soldiers | ||
| Losers | ||
| Bunglers | ||
| Inept soldiers | ||
| Helpless misfits | ||
| Inept G.I.'s | ||
| Spoilers | ||
| Inept ones | ||
| Hapless ones | ||
| Droopy G.I.'s. | ||
| Soldiers of a sort. | ||
| Inept ones: Slang. | ||
| Some servicemen. | ||
| Much-put-upon GIs: Slang. | ||
| Well-meaning but ineffective people: Slang. |