tant pis

[tahn pee]

French.

1. so much the worse.

tant pis

/ tɑ̃ pi /

1. so much the worse

Example Sentences

He is content to address what he calls “a self-selected audience of intellectually upscale readers,” and if you don’t know what he means by “Pecksniffian Comstockery,” tant pis.

From Washington Post

As for those who are not vaccinated, well, tant pis.

From Slate

He also famously juggled a wife and two mistresses, but, as the French say, “tant pis” — never mind.

From Washington Post

If I am not mistaken, that elegiac note is often accompanied by a certain condescension: If a bunch of Bennington coeds and homosexuals have to give up and go get real jobs, tant pis!

From The New Yorker

“Tant pis, the ceiling is a little low. One brisk hornpipe and we’d all be bashed stupid.”

From Literature