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noun, feminine

sous-merde

/su.mɛʁd/

noun, feminine/su.mɛʁd/plural: sous-merdes

piece of shit; nonentity

From sous- + merde, literally “subshit”. Originally Parisian slang, attested since at least 1878 in the sense "moins-que-rien; despicable work; man of absolute incapacity".