nebbish
noun
neb·bish
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Definition of nebbish
: a timid, meek, or ineffectual person
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Other Words from nebbish
nebbishy
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of nebbish in a Sentence
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Eisenberg excels at playing an easy-to-dismiss type: the nebbish, the misanthrope, the loner. — Justin Chang, Detroit Free Press, "‘Art of Self-Defense’ takes comic aim at masculinity," 18 July 2019 The nebbish and the Croat spent their time drinking caseloads of prosecco and amiably throwing up starboard. — Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, "The Luck of Kokura," 18 June 2018 The Producers’’ on: the despondent nebbish at midlife, here named Martin. — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, "‘The Closet’ plays sexual identity for old-fashioned laughs," 1 July 2018 Indeed, a nebbish nobody who didn’t look old enough to buy a bottle of wine had palmed off millions of dollars of phony Bordeaux and Burgundies to the jet set without ever having been to France. — Patrick Cooke, WSJ, "Fake Wine, Old Bottles," 31 Aug. 2017 G.T. Norman *** Richard Gere gives the most annoying performance of his career - by design - in this offbeat movie about a New York nebbish swept up in big-time finance and Israeli politics. — Philly.com, "Movies: New and Noteworthy," 28 May 2017 G.T. Norman *** Richard Gere gives the most annoying performance of his career - by design - in this offbeat movie about a New York nebbish swept up in big-time finance and Israeli politics. — Philly.com, "Movies: New and Noteworthy," 28 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nebbish.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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