nebbish

Example Sentences

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Carell: My instinct was to not make Greg a nebbish, because I didn’t want it to be Walter Mitty.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

That said, we know that in the future, Saul will hastily exit Albuquerque when he gains infamy in “Breaking Bad” and emerge with as a nebbish named Gene Takavic, managing a Cinnabon in Omaha.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2022

Hyde Pierce delivers the most subdued version of his usual awkward nebbish with the occasional cantankerous quip.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2021

By Season 10, Hawkeye has become a bit of a nebbish, and has long since stopped womanizing, telling a nurse at one point, “I can’t take advantage of your feelings for me.”

From The New Yorker • Jul. 24, 2018

Hugh Sidneys was nondescript, not quite a nebbish, but close.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn