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bon à rien — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • loser noun Someone who fails to win a game, contest, or competition.
  • useless adjective Not able to be used; serving no practical purpose.

Senses

bon à rien is used for these senses in English:

  • good-for-nothing (idiomatic) Useless; worthless.
  • good-for-nothing A person of little worth or usefulness.
  • loser (derogatory) A contemptible or unfashionable person.
  • useless (pejorative, of a person) Good-for-nothing; not dependable.

loser — full definition

  1. noun Someone who fails to win a game, contest, or competition.
  2. noun An insulting, informal term for someone seen as unsuccessful, pathetic, or contemptible.

useless — full definition

  1. adjective Not able to be used; serving no practical purpose.
  2. adjective Informal: bad at something; incompetent.

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