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C3

British  

adjective

  1. in poor health or having a poor physique

  2. informal inferior; worthless

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Norris set his best time on the C2 compound tyres, Verstappen on the softer C3.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

In August, she won another bronze medal at the para-cycling World Championships in Belgium, this time for the C3 road race event.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

A 37-year-old woman driving a Citroen C3 was killed after a minor collision in Reims when she was struck by flying metal from a faulty airbag.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

"We were surprised and excited to find that the difference between C3 and C4 plants is not the removal or addition of specific genes," says Ecker.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

The three contacts C1 C2 C3 must be the same distance apart as the centres of the link heads, and so situated as to lie on the arcs of circles described by the links.

From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald

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