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minable

Pronunciation: /mi.nabl/

“minable” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. lousy, stinky, rubbish
  2. miserable, pathetic

In French

  1. Qui semble être miné, usé par la misère, par le chagrin.
  2. Qui ne paie pas de mine, misérable.
  3. Faible, petit, pitoyable, ou encore faux, hypocrite.
  4. Individu sans importance, sans intelligence ou force physique.

Etymology

From the sense "likely to be destroyed by a mine," from miner + -able.

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