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dweeby

British  
/ ˈdwiːbɪ /

adjective

  1. slang like or typical of a dweeb

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A scratch golfer, Ribeiro is best-known for his role as the dweeby but lovable Carlton Banks on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," but within golf circles, the actor is no slouch as an athlete.

From Golf Digest ● Feb. 5, 2020

In the end, the reason he became a kind of dweeby Fonz has to do with the structural tendencies of the oft-dismissed multi-camera sitcom.

From The New Yorker ● May 18, 2019

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: The White House/Getty Images 5 Could this dweeby tourist really be Vladimir Putin lining up to shake hands with Ronald Reagan in the 80s?

From The Guardian ● Dec. 29, 2015

There, he was played by Anthony Michael Hall; here, Ed Helms picks up the baton, portraying the now-grown Rusty as a dweeby pilot for a budget airline.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2015

The Gatorade inventors, some dweeby physiologists, were just trying to keep football players from collapsing in the Florida heat.

From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2013

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