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1 inexistant
inexistant, e [inεgzistɑ̃, ɑ̃t]adjective[service d'ordre, réseau téléphonique, aide] nonexistent• quant à son mari, il est inexistant (pejorative) as for her husband, he's a complete nonentity* * *inexistante inegzistɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif [moyens, aide] nonexistent* * *inɛɡzistɑ̃, ɑ̃t adj inexistant, -e* * *inexistant, inexistante adj1 ( absent) [contrôle, moyens, aide] nonexistent; les risques ne sont pas inexistants there are certain risks;( féminin inexistante) [inɛgzistɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adjectifles structures de base sont inexistantes the basic structures are lacking, there are hardly any basic structures2. [irréel - monstre, peur] imaginary -
2 médiocre
médiocre [medjɔkʀ]1. adjectivemediocre ; [résultats, revenu] poor• « médiocre » "poor"2. masculine noun, feminine noun* * *medjɔkʀ
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1) ( aux capacités insuffisantes) [personne, ouvrier] mediocre, second-rate; [élève, intelligence] below-average2) ( de qualité insuffisante) [travail, qualité, résultat] mediocre; [terrain, nourriture, temps] poor; ( sans valeur) [œuvre, carrière] mediocre; [vie] humdrum; ( sans intensité) [plaisir, intérêt, succès, ambition] limited3) ( en quantité insuffisante) [revenu, rentabilité] meagre [BrE]; [lumière, résultat] poor
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nom masculin et féminin [personne] loser, no-hoper (colloq) GB* * *medjɔkʀ adjmediocre, poor* * *A adj1 ( aux capacités insuffisantes) [personne, ouvrier] mediocre, second-rate; [élève, enseignant, intelligence, esprit] below-average, mediocre; être d'une intelligence médiocre to be of mediocre ou below-average intelligence;2 ( de qualité insuffisante) [travail, études, qualité, résultat] mediocre; [terrain, nourriture, temps] poor; ( sans valeur) [film, œuvre] mediocre, indifferent; [intérêt, succès] limited; [vie] humdrum; [bonheur] ordinary; [carrière] mediocre; d'un intérêt médiocre, de médiocre intérêt of limited interest;B nmf [personne] loser, no-hoper○ GB.[medjɔkr] adjectif————————[medjɔkr] nom masculin et féminin[personne] nonentity————————[medjɔkr] nom masculin[médiocrité] mediocrity -
3 nullité
nullité [nylite]feminine nouna. [de document] nullityb. ( = médiocrité) uselessnessc. ( = personne) waste of space* * *nylite1) Droit nullity2) (d'argument, de théorie) invalidity; (d'œuvre, de personne) (colloq) worthlessness3) (colloq) ( personne incapable) idiot (colloq)* * *nylite nf1) (= non-validité) nullity2) (= incompétence) hopelessness3) (= personne) hopeless individual* * *nullité nf1 Jur nullity; nullité d'un mariage nullity of a marriage; nullité de droit nullity in law; frapper de nullité to render void; sous peine de nullité under pain of being declared null and void;2 (d'argument, de théorie) invalidity; (d'œuvre, de personne) worthlessness; c'est d'une totale nullité it's absolutely awful; il est d'une nullité totale en français he's absolutely useless at French;3 ○( personne incapable) nonentity.[nylite] nom fémininelle est d'une nullité totale she's totally useless ou incompetent -
4 minable
minable [minabl]1. adjectivea. ( = décrépit) shabbyb. ( = médiocre) [devoir, film, personne] pathetic (inf) ; [salaire, vie] miserable ; [voyou] wretched2. masculine noun, feminine noun• espèce de minable ! you're so pathetic! (inf)* * *
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(colloq) minabl adjectif1) ( médiocre) pathetic; [délit] petty2) ( misérable) [personne] wretched; [logement] crummy (colloq); [existence] miserable
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* * *minabl1. adj1) (vêtements) shabby, shabby-looking2) (personne) pathetic, uselessMon moniteur de ski était minable. — My skiing instructor was pathetic.
3) (travail, comportement) pathetic2. nmf* * *A adj1 ( médiocre) [travail, salaire, cadeau, comportement] pathetic, lousy; [personne] pathetic; [délit] petty;[minabl] (familier) adjectif1. [médiocre, laid - costume] shabby, tatty (UK), tacky (US) ; [ - chambre] dingy, shabby ; [ - film] third-rate, rotten, lousy ; [ - situation, salaire] pathetic————————[minabl] (familier) nom masculin et fémininpauvre minable, va! you pathetic little nobody! -
5 miteux
miteux, -euse [mitø, øz]adjective[lieu] seedy ; [vêtement, personne] shabby* * *- euse mitø, øz adjectif [quartier, hôtel] seedy; [vêtements] shabby; [personne] down-at-heel* * *mitø, øz adj (-euse)(vêtements) shabby* * *A adj [quartier, hôtel] seedy; [vêtements] shabby; [personne] down-at-heel.B nm,f down-and-out.[situation, salaire] pathetic[escroc] small-time———————— -
6 médiocrité
médiocrité [medjɔkʀite]feminine nounmediocrity ; [de copie d'élève] poor standard* * *medjɔkʀite1) (de personne, travail, sentiment) mediocrity2) (de revenus, résultats, lumière) meagreness [BrE]* * *medjɔkʀite nf* * *médiocrité nf1 (de personne, travail, sentiment) mediocrity; la médiocrité de ces élèves the mediocre standard of these pupils;2 (de revenus, résultats, lumière) meagrenessGB.[medjɔkrite] nom féminin[en quantité] inadequacyce genre de spectacle ne souffre pas la médiocrité this type of show will not allow for ou admit mediocrity2. [personne] nonentity -
7 non-valeur
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8 as
n. m.1. 'Ace', top guy, expert. Un as de l'aviation: A crack pilot. Dans le monde des ordinateurs, c'est un as! He's the top wallah where computers are concerned!2. (Waiters' slang): Table number one. (Calls such as 'Une choucroute à l'as!' answered by 'Ça roule!' can often be heard in restaurant kitchens in France.)3. (pol.): Alibi. Il avait un carré d'as: He'd fixed himself up with four good alibis.4. Aller à l'as (fig.): To 'come a cropper', to 'come unstuck', to suffer a setback (also: aller a dame).5. Bouffer à l'as: To go hungry, to miss a meal, to go without food.6. Passer à l'as:a To vanish into thin air, to disappear. Dès qu'il flaira lafailiite, il décida de passer à l'as: As soon as bankruptcy loomed, he did a moonlight.b Passer quelqu'un à l'as: To by-pass someone in a share-out.c Passer quelque chose à l'as: To 'pinch', to filch, to spirit something away.7. Veiller à l'as: To 'keep one's eyes peeled', to keep a sharp look-out.8. Etre plein aux as: To be 'rolling in it', to be extremely wealthy.9. As de pique:a Nonentity, highly forgettable person.b 'Parson's nose' (that part of a fowl indeed looks like an ace of spades upside down).c Arse-hole, anal sphincter.d Etre fichu (also: foutu) comme l'as de pique (of person): To be dressed like a guy, to be as scruffy as they come. (of job): To be bungled, to be badly executed. -
9 branlure
n. f. (pej.): 'Nurk', despicable nonentity. (The very fact that the appellation is feminine makes it even more derogatory.) -
10 cavillon
I.n. m. 'Nurk', nonentity, character totally lacking drive and initiative.II.adj. 'Limp', weak-willed. -
11 mec
n. m.1. 'Geezer', 'bloke', fellow. Un sacré mec: One hell of a guy. Un drôle de mec: A queer cove (someone you can't really weigh up). Un pauvre mec: A nobody, a real nonentity. Pauvre mec! You burk! C'est te mec des mecs: He's tops—He's a first-rate guy.2. Le grand Mec: God Almighty.3. (corr. maquereau): Pimp, ponce, procurer. -
12 merdouille
n. f. (pej.): 'Nurk', weak-willed and unpleasant nonentity. -
13 minus
n. m. (abbr. minus habens):1. 'Genetic near-miss', runt.2. 'Insignificant nurk', useless nonentity. -
14 miteux
I.n. m. (pej.):1. 'Narrow-minded nurk', characterless nonentity.2. 'Brat', infant, child.II.adj.1. (of dwelling): 'Dingy', shabby.2. (of person): 'Pathetic', totally lacking charisma and personality. -
15 morveux
n. m. (pej.):1. 'Brat', 'kid', child.2. 'Whipper-snapper', officious nonentity. Qui est-ce qui m'a foutu un petit morveux pareil? Where the hell did that nurk spring up from? -
16 niente
I.n. m. & f. 'Nonentity', insignificant and inefficient person. (This word applies only to men and as with many colloquial terms becomes even more pejorative in the feminine.)II.pron. 'Nix', nothing. -
17 pouilladin
n. m. Penniless nonentity. -
18 ringard
I.n. m.1. (th.): 'Two-bit' actor, performer whose talent is very much in doubt.2. 'Gormless nurk', apathetic nonentity.3. (Prostitutes' slang): 'Punter', client. (This appellation is uncomplimentary but not derogatory.)II.adj.1. (th.): 'Tatty', of poor quality. (The adjective can refer to productions, performances, décor, etc.)2. (of person): 'Wet', 'useless', totally lacking in energy and spirit. Il est d'un ringard, ce mec! He's the original spineless wonder! (The feminine ringarde exists, but is seldom encountered.) -
19 zero
n. m.1. (of person): 'Nonentity', character of no importance whatsoever. C'est un vrai zéro! He's a real nobody!2. Le zero: 'The arse-hole', the anus, the anal sphincter.3. Les avoir à zéro: To 'have the shits', to be in a blue funk, to be petrified. (Alain Rey and Jacques Cellard in their DICTIONNAIRE DU FRANÇAIS NONCONVENTIONNEL associate semantically le zéro and fear, in spite of the fact that the accepted alternative to the above expression is avoir le trouillomètre à zéro.)4. Etre à zéro:a To be 'back to square-one', to have lost all.b To be 'knackered', 'buggered', to be exhausted.5. Bander à zéro:a (lit.): To have 'a hard', to have 'the big stick', to have an erection.b (fig.): To be 'over the moon' about something, to feel elated. Il bandait à zéro de nous savoir dans la chtouille: He was dead chuffed knowing that we were going through a tough patch.6. Zéro! (also: zéro pour la question!): No way! — Nothing doing! — Certainly not!7. Avoir la boule à zéro: To be as bald as a coot. (The origin of the expression lies not in the zeroshape of a bald head, but in the head-shears used by army and prison barbers, known as zéro or double-zéro.)8. A zéro (adv. exp.): Totally, completely. On était affranchis à zéro: We were fully genned-up. On s'est fait avoir à zéro! We were well and truly trounced!
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Nonentity — Non*en ti*ty, n.; pl. {Nonentities}. 1. Nonexistence; the negation of being. [1913 Webster] 2. A thing not existing. South. [1913 Webster] 3. A person or thing of little or no account; an unimportant person; usually used as a disparaging term.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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nonentity — ► NOUN (pl. nonentities) 1) an unimportant person or thing. 2) non existence. ORIGIN Latin nonentitas non existence … English terms dictionary
nonentity — [nänen′tə tē] n. pl. nonentities 1. the state of not existing 2. something that exists only in the mind or imagination 3. a person or thing of little or no importance … English World dictionary
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nonentity — [[t]nɒne̱ntɪti[/t]] nonentities N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to someone as a nonentity, you mean that they are not special or important in any way. Amidst the current bunch of nonentities, he is a towering figure... She was written off then … English dictionary
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nonentity — non|en|ti|ty [ nan entəti ] noun count someone who is not important or interesting at all: Carol felt as if she had been treated like a nonentity … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
nonentity — /nɒnˈɛntəti / (say non entuhtee) noun (plural nonentities) 1. a person or thing of no importance: *a middle aged woman, wiping her hands on her dark apron – a good natured nonentity. –lesbia harford, 1924. 2. something which does not exist, or… …
nonentity — nobody / nonentity [n] person of little importance cipher, insignificancy, lightweight*, menial, nix*, nothing, parvenu*, small potato*, squirt*, upstart, wimp*, zero*, zip; concept 423 Ant. somebody … New thesaurus
nonentity — noun Date: circa 1600 1. something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination 2. nonexistence 3. a person or thing of little consequence or significance … New Collegiate Dictionary