no-hoper in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for no-hoper in the English»French Dictionary

no-hoper N inf

no-hoper

raté/-e inf

Translations for no-hoper in the French»English Dictionary

I.médiocre [medjɔkʀ] ADJ

1. médiocre (aux capacités insuffisantes):

médiocre personne, ouvrier

mediocre, second-rate

médiocre élève, enseignant, intelligence, esprit

below-average, mediocre

être d'une intelligence médiocre

to be of mediocre ou below-average intelligence

2. médiocre:

médiocre (de qualité insuffisante) travail, études, qualité, résultat

mediocre

médiocre terrain, nourriture, temps

poor

médiocre (sans valeur) film, œuvre

mediocre, indifferent

médiocre intérêt, succès

limited

médiocre vie

humdrum

médiocre bonheur

ordinary

médiocre carrière

mediocre

d'un intérêt médiocre , de médiocre intérêt

of limited interest

3. médiocre (en quantité insuffisante):

médiocre revenu, rentabilité

meagre Brit

médiocre rendement, lumière, résultat

poor

4. médiocre (sans intensité):

médiocre désir, plaisir, attraction, ambition

limited

médiocre sentiment

mediocre

II.médiocre [medjɔkʀ] N mf

médiocre personne:

médiocre

loser

médiocre

no-hoper Brit inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He is a no-hoper dreaming of being a film director.

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He wasn't really challenged because the other candidates indulged him - thinking he was a no-hoper until the brutal realisation that he was about to win.

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The no-hoper applicant couldn't manage more than pitifully conventional, cack-handed daubs.

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It simultaneously weeds out the no-hopers while working against coronations.

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To his teachers, this boy was a failure, a no-hoper.

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No way should anyone think we're going into this game as no-hopers.

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It is far from the repository for rehabbing players and no-hopers it was in its first few years.

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There is only one reason to reject an accomplished singer in favour of a self-deluded no-hoper: because the comedic public humiliation of the worst applicants makes good television.

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Even the best climber might come unstuck against a no-hoper in our sport.

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Worthy but dull; ambitious but inexperienced; classic socialist utopian; or no-hoper.

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