souffreteux

Donc, sauf mesures urgentes, la menace d'une génération perdue d'enfants faméliques, souffreteux et ignares pourrait devenir une dure réalité.
Thus, unless measures are urgently taken, the threat of a lost generation of malnourished, unhealthy and poorly educated children could become a stark reality.
Ils espèrent que la force de l'euro, qui n'est pas un prématuré souffreteux, crée davantage d'investissements et une relance favorisant l'emploi, afin d'éradiquer le chômage.
They are relying on the strength of the euro, which is no sickly premature baby, to bring about more investment and new, employment-creating growth, so that unemployment figures go down.
Certainement pas à ses forces physiques : il était de petite taille, maigre et souffreteux.
Certainly not to his physical strength: He was short, thin and sickly.
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