noun
- plural of nebbish; timid, ineffectual, or pitifully inadequate people
Usage: informal; Yiddish origin
Examples
- The office was full of nebbishes who never spoke up in meetings.
- Don’t be such nebbishes – stand up for yourselves!
- The bullies always picked on the nebbishes in the class.
- Those nebbishes couldn’t organize a simple lunch order.
- She felt sorry for the nebbishes who got pushed around.
- The comedy featured a group of lovable nebbishes trying to start a business.