"propre à rien" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \pʁɔ.pʁ‿a ʁjɛ̃\ Forms: propres à rien [plural, masculine, feminine]
  1. Personne incapable de réussir quoi que ce soit.
    Sense id: fr-propre_à_rien-fr-noun-DohiRguV Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bon à lap [slang], bon à lappe [slang], bon à rien, incapable, minable, peigne-cul [familiar], vaurien Related terms: propre-à-rien

Inflected forms

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    "De propre et rien."
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          "ref": "Bible de Jérusalem, Si, 16-1",
          "text": "Ne désire pas une nombreuse descendance de propres à rien et ne mets pas ta joie dans des fils impies."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Pierre Benoit, Le Soleil de minuit, Albin Michel, 1930, réédition Le Livre de Poche, page 207",
          "text": "– Holà ! fit-il d'une voix de tonnerre. J'aperçois ici un tas de propres à rien qui feraient mieux d'être à leur travail."
        }
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        "Personne incapable de réussir quoi que ce soit."
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      "word": "bon à lap"
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      "word": "bon à lappe"
    },
    {
      "word": "bon à rien"
    },
    {
      "word": "incapable"
    },
    {
      "word": "minable"
    },
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      "word": "vaurien"
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      "word": "bon à lap"
    },
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        "slang"
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      "word": "bon à lappe"
    },
    {
      "word": "bon à rien"
    },
    {
      "word": "incapable"
    },
    {
      "word": "minable"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "familiar"
      ],
      "word": "peigne-cul"
    },
    {
      "word": "vaurien"
    }
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