...a good-for-nothing fourteen-year-old son who barely knows how to read and count.
...lazy good-for-nothings.
English dictionary. 2008.
Good for Nothing — «Good for Nothing» Sencillo de Hard Fi del álbum Killer Sounds Publicación 17 de junio de 2011 Formato CD Single, Descarga Digital Género(s) Indie, Rock Alternativo … Wikipedia Español
Good for nothing — Good Good, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS. g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
good-for-nothing — adj a good for nothing person is lazy and useless ▪ an idle good for nothing drunk > good for nothing n ▪ Ian s a stupid good for nothing … Dictionary of contemporary English
good-for-nothing — A lazy person who doesn t do anything useful is a good for nothing … The small dictionary of idiomes
good-for-nothing — [n] person who is idle, worthless bad lot*, black sheep*, bum, loafer, ne’er do well*, no good*, profligate, rapscallion, scalawag, scamp, tramp, vagabond, waster*, wastrel; concept 412 Ant. hard worker … New thesaurus
good-for-nothing — [good′fər nuth′iŋ] adj. useless or worthless n. a useless or worthless person … English World dictionary
good for nothing — index ineffective, ineffectual Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
good-for-nothing — good for ,nothing noun count someone who is lazy and never does anything useful … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
good-for-nothing — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ worthless. ► NOUN ▪ a worthless person … English terms dictionary
good-for-nothing — I noun an idle worthless person • Syn: ↑goldbrick, ↑goof off, ↑ne er do well, ↑no account, ↑good for naught • Derivationally related forms: ↑good for naught ( … Useful english dictionary
