good-for-naught

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good-for-naught

A lazy good-for-naught lounges on the sofa all day.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Without merit or value; contemptible: Describes something or someone considered completely useless, worthless, or of poor quality.

  2. Noun:

    • An idle, worthless person: Refers to a person who is lazy and contributes nothing of value.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • He was fired for his good-for-naught attitude and complete lack of effort.
    • They abandoned the good-for-naught old truck by the side of the road.

  • Noun:

    • Don't listen to that good-for-naught; he's never done an honest day's work in his life.
    • She warned her son not to become a good-for-naught who depended on others.
Advanced Usage
  • The term is often used for strong disapproval or criticism, implying not just uselessness but also a sense of moral failing or laziness.
  • It can be applied to objects, plans, or ideas to emphasize their complete lack of utility or worth.
    • The entire scheme was a good-for-naught endeavor that wasted everyone's time.
Variants and Related Words
  • Good-for-nothing: The more common and standard variant with identical meaning.
  • No-count (or no-account): (Adjective/Noun) Informal, meaning worthless or a worthless person.
  • Ne'er-do-well: (Noun) A person who is lazy and irresponsible.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: worthless, useless, no-good, meritless, sorry (as in "a sorry excuse").
  • Noun: idler, wastrel, layabout, loafer, deadbeat.
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • While "good-for-naught" itself is not typically part of a larger phrasal verb, it is synonymous with the sentiment in idioms like:
    • "Not worth the powder to blow it up": An old-fashioned idiom meaning completely worthless.
    • "Not worth a hill of beans": Means having very little or no value.
good-for-naught

A lazy good-for-naught lounges on the sofa all day.

Adjective
  1. 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
Noun
  1. an idle worthless person

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