good-for-nothing

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good-for-nothing (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Useless; worthless.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:worthless

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Noun

good-for-nothing (plural good-for-nothings)

  1. A person of little worth or usefulness.
    Synonyms: absolute zero, cipher, ne'er-do-well, no-account, no-good, no-mark, nonentity; see also Thesaurus:worthless person
    • 2010, Thomas J. Schaeper, Kathleen Schaeper, “Yanks and Brits”, in Rhodes Scholars, Oxford, and the Creation of an American Elite, New York, NY: Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 23:
      Americans might have taken some comfort from the fact that these critics also expressed similar misgivings about Rhodes Scholars coming from elsewhere. Isis, a student publication, lampooned Australians as good-for-nothings who badly needed education.

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