nul

//nyl//insult, exclamation

What does nul mean? nul is a French mild that translates to “useless, crap, terrible” in English.

null, zero, void

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"useless, crap, terrible"

The Swiss Army knife of French dismissal. As an adjective it means useless, terrible, hopeless. As an exclamation it means 'that sucks.' Applied to people, movies, restaurants, ideas, weather — anything that fails to meet basic standards. 'C'est nul' might be the most commonly spoken judgment in French.

'C'est nul ce film' — this movie is crap. 'Je suis nul en maths' — I'm useless at math. 'C'est nul!' — that sucks!