slang
: an unattractive, insignificant, or inept person
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In the next scene, Henry is in prison, wearing yellow convict duds, and our first thought is: How is this dweeb going to survive there for five minutes?
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 May 2025
But that doesn’t mean that JT is right or, more to the point, isn’t a dweeb.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Nate, as a scared-of-his-own-shadow dweeb.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
But that doesn’t mean that JT is right or, more to the point, isn’t a dweeb.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
The man is the definition of a dweeb and made an already insufferable season completely unwatchable.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023
Yet the dweeb, the doorknob insists he is being guided by the spirit.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2022
Which, honestly, is some serious high school stuff — not wanting to hang out with the super dweeb because that might make one dweeby by association.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 May 2022
But there’s plenty more to learn about the dweeb-turned-pop-superstar, whose origins and motivations unravel across eight episodes of Chris Miller and Phil Lord’s whodunnit, which premiered on Apple TV Plus on Jan. 28.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 Feb. 2022
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 May 2025
But that doesn’t mean that JT is right or, more to the point, isn’t a dweeb.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Nate, as a scared-of-his-own-shadow dweeb.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
But that doesn’t mean that JT is right or, more to the point, isn’t a dweeb.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
The man is the definition of a dweeb and made an already insufferable season completely unwatchable.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023
Yet the dweeb, the doorknob insists he is being guided by the spirit.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2022
Which, honestly, is some serious high school stuff — not wanting to hang out with the super dweeb because that might make one dweeby by association.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 May 2022
But there’s plenty more to learn about the dweeb-turned-pop-superstar, whose origins and motivations unravel across eight episodes of Chris Miller and Phil Lord’s whodunnit, which premiered on Apple TV Plus on Jan. 28.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 Feb. 2022
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“Dweeb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dweeb. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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