nebbishy

Grock, who alas is best described as nebbishy, just sits there between his two lawyers, and one can't help but feel his discomfort.

The New Republic - All Feed 2009

(Variety's Dennis Harvey called Mr. Friedman's onscreen persona "nebbishy"; The Boston Globe's Wesley Morris was a little nicer, saying, "The movie is the product of his big, shiny love of forgotten soul legends whom superstardom ... has eluded.")

Did Pirated 'Wolverine' Review Get Fox 411's Roger Friedman Fired? [Update] 2009

(Variety's Dennis Harvey called Mr. Friedman's onscreen persona "nebbishy"; The Boston Globe's Wesley Morris was a little nicer, saying, "The movie is the product of his big, shiny love of forgotten soul legends whom superstardom ... has eluded.")

Did Pirated 'Wolverine' Review Get Fox 411's Roger Friedman Fired? [Update] 2009

Russ Feingold gets it, but still kind of nebbishy . . .

Firedoglake » Jonesing for Bubba 2006

While the film received lesser reviews, Meet the Fockers added Stiller's 'nebbishy', liberal parents played by Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand to the mix.

Scott Mendelson: Goodbye to You: Franchises That Left Us in 2010. Scott Mendelson 2011

Michal Czerwonka for The Wall Street Journal Fred Stoller Fred Stoller's neurotic Brooklynite whine makes Woody Allen seem like an amateur, and Mr. Stoller, 52, has worked his gift into a career, first as a deadpan stand-up comic and then as a nebbishy actor in countless short-lived sitcom roles: Elaine's annoying date in an episode of "Seinfeld," a mopey cousin on "Everybody Loves Raymond," a jerky waiter on "Friends."

Diary of a Nebbishy Comic: 'My Seinfeld Year' Don Steinberg 2012

Something like nebbishy wussboy monomanical ultranerds that hang out in smoky rooms away from everyone else (and all the women) expressing their love for the 13th line of 15th century poems perhaps?

Why Science Fiction Authors Can't Win Lou Anders 2009

The cast of characters includes a nebbishy analyst, a touch so quaintly anachronistic as to make you wonder where Mr. Allen has been for the past quarter-century.

You Hear the One About the Hunchback? Terry Teachout 2011

Then we saw him as he really is: a nebbishy driving instructor with a perfect White Plains family and a killer quiche recipe.

Cheers & Jeers: How We Met Barney's Father 2011

While the film received lesser reviews, Meet the Fockers added Stiller's 'nebbishy', liberal parents played by Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand to the mix.

Scott Mendelson: Goodbye to You: Franchises That Left Us in 2010. Scott Mendelson 2011