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foireux

dodgy, half-baked, lousy

adjective fwah-RUH Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Usage Note

Foireux is informal/argot, derived from foire (a mess, originally a fair). It describes plans, ideas, or objects that are poorly conceived or likely to fail: un plan foireux is a half-baked scheme. The feminine form is foireuse. In polite or written French, douteux or bancal are safer equivalents.

Examples

"Son plan était complètement foireux."

Natural Translation

His plan was completely half-baked.

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