(Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton.
1 A nebbish from the word Go. Simon made an abrupt turn.
2 A shoemaker, but a nebbish as weedy as a tailor.
3 Hugh Sidneys was nondescript, not quite a nebbish , but close.
4 And then I find out you're not an earnest nebbish of a bookseller after all.
5 Blau was the nebbish who didn't understand a thing and only ever asked stupid questions.
6 In the flow of secular time, Medcalf was a nebbish from Connecticut, mixing beakers full of artificial flavors.
7 Equally promising, the Krauss character has grown from being a cautious nebbish to assuming a vital role in the story.
8 After the news went public that this nobody, this nebbish from nowhere, had been feathering his nest, everybody was shocked!
9 All the leads won praise from critics who described McClure as a "winning nebbish " and O'Malley as plucky but in need of a new wig.
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