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good-for-nothing

Pronunciation:  'gûdfur 'nuthing

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an idle worthless person
  2. [adj]  without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"
 
 Synonyms: goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-naught, goof-off, meritless, ne'er-do-well, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorry, worthless
 
 See Also: bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer

 

 

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 Related Terms: bad lot, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, bone-lazy, Bowery bum, budmash, bum, bummer, cadging, caitiff, cheap, derelict, devil, dilatory, doless, do-nothing, drifter, dronish, drony, drunkard, easy, ergophobic, faineant, good-for-naught, hobo, human wreck, indolent, junk, junky, laggard, lax, lazy, lazzarone, lowlife, mauvais sujet, mean wretch, mucker, NG, no-account, no-good, nonaggressive, not worth having, not worth mentioning, not worthwhile, nothing, nugacious, nugatory, parasitic, pauvre diable, pilgarlic, poor creature, poor devil, procrastinative, profligate, remiss, rounder, sad case, sad sack, scapegrace, scrounging, shabby, shiftless, shoddy, skid-row bum, slack, slothful, slow, sponging, stiff, sundowner, swagman, tramp, trashy, trivial, truant, unenterprising, unworthy, vag, vagabond, vagrant, valueless, vaurien, waster, wastrel, work-shy, worthless, worthless fellow, wretch
 

 

 

 

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