no goodadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊɡʊd/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊˈɡʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adj., good n.

Etymology: < no adj. + good n. (compare good n. 7a). Compare earlier do-good n. and adj.Apparently originally a noun phrase used predicatively, since no does not usually modify non-comparative adjectives (compare no adv.¹): perhaps related to earlier to do no good at good adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 2d(b).

colloquial (originally U.S.).

A. adj.

1. In predicative use: not good (in various senses); of no ability, competence, quality, utility, or value; (also, of a person) unscrupulous, dishonest, untrustworthy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [adjective]

forcouthc888

goodlesseOE

undoughtya1225

voidc1380

bare1399

stark naught1528

worthilessa1542

queer1567

worthless1573

hilding1577

baggage1580

arrant1581

offal1588

lorel1590

losel1601

ragamuffin1602

loselled1606

loselly1611

valuelessa1616

ragamuffa1626

good-for-nothing1706

ne'er-do-well1773

rotten1813

neat1824

scamping1832

good-for-naught1835

no good1838

scampish1847

ne'er-do-wellish1890

no good1904

upter1919

never-do-well1933

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > unable or incompetent

insufficientc1386

insuffisant1387

unable1395

unsufficient1395

weak1423

uncompetentc1549

short-handed1622

incompetent1641

ineffective1653

nequient1656

inefficient1750

wandought1788

no good1838

non-efficient1863

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > unscrupulous

conscienceless?c1425

unconscienced1467

unconscionable1568

inconscionablea1599

conscionless1607

disconscient1641

unconscientious1649

untendera1658

unscrupulous1803

any-lengthian1805

unscrupled1813

scrupleless1823

no good1838

sharky1858

1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. iv. 60 The land gets run out in his hands, and is no good for ever after.

1839 W. Mann Six Years' Resid. 285 ‘De be no good—no money but black money’; by which they mean pence.

1859 Notes & Queries VIII. 483 If a man, at hay time or harvest, holds his fork with his left hand lowest, they say, ‘Ah! he's no good! he's keck-handed!..’

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. ix. 75 It's no good my being kept here like Wax-Work, is it now?

1888 Press (N.Y.) 3 June 3/3 Manager Wright is reported as saying: ‘I don't like Valentine's umpiring..I think he is a home umpire.’.. Valentine is not only a ‘homer’, but he is lazy and utterly no good.

1948 M. Irwin Elizabeth, Captive Princess xxv. 206 She was terrified of public life, but no good at country life either.

1978 T. Murphy Crucial Week in Life of Grocer's Assistant xii, in Plays: 4 (1997) 163 Anyway, a little pokey hole of a shop like yours is no good to me.

2008 A. M. Greeley Irish Tiger 146 He's no good at all. Shy, shifty, too suave. Be careful of him, Mr. Coyne.

2013 Clean Slate Autumn 25/1 But coming up with an idea is no good on its own.

2. In attributive use. Usually hyphenated. Esp. of a person: useless, worthless.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [adjective]

forcouthc888

goodlesseOE

undoughtya1225

voidc1380

bare1399

stark naught1528

worthilessa1542

queer1567

worthless1573

hilding1577

baggage1580

arrant1581

offal1588

lorel1590

losel1601

ragamuffin1602

loselled1606

loselly1611

valuelessa1616

ragamuffa1626

good-for-nothing1706

ne'er-do-well1773

rotten1813

neat1824

scamping1832

good-for-naught1835

no good1838

scampish1847

ne'er-do-wellish1890

no good1904

upter1919

never-do-well1933

1904 ‘O. Henry’ Heart of West 263 He's a nogood 'un.

1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 28 Taking that no-good Calaghan girl to every dance.

1995 Guardian 13 Dec. (Society section) 4/5 All protest camps attract the odd nogood boyo.

2012 H. Lucht Darkness before Daybreak ii. 46 Massimo had a go at him..for being a no-good lazybones.

B. n.

Usually hyphenated. A useless or worthless person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > worthless

chaffc1386

noughta1400

noughtinga1500

trifle?a1500

undought1508

wallydraigle?a1513

jackstraw1565

oatmeal-groat1594

trasha1616

Jack-of-strawa1625

little worth1823

wanworth1832

shicer1846

nowt1847

no good1871

two-spot1885

cannon fodder1917

crumb1918

no-gooder1936

nogoodnik1936

schmatte1967

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing

cumber-worldc1374

cumber-house1541

deaf nut1613

cumber-ground1657

dead duck1844

no good1871

dead wood1877

dead wood1887

blue duck1889

dud1897

cluck1904

non-starter1911

dead loss1927

dreep1927

write-off1935

no-gooder1936

nogoodnik1936

blivet1967

roadkill1990

?1780 (title) The entertaining history of Miss Lovegood and Miss Nogood, with that of Miss Tattle.

1856 F. Chase Gathered Sketches Early Hist. New Hampsh. & Vermont 31 The only retaliation the baffled savage was able to make upon Toogood was to cry out Nogood, Nogood, as his intended victim disappeared.]

1871 M. Boyd Reminisc. Fifty Years 308 You von't bother wid' im, for hit's a no good.

1931 M. Allingham Look to Lady v. 59 A pack of crazy no-goods—strutting about in funny clothes.

1973 W. M. Duncan Big Timer x. 67 This no-good whom I do not even see for weeks on end.

1995 Time 20 Feb. 79/3 The narrator and his gang of no-goods are seriously messing with..virtual reality.

Derivatives

no-ˈgooder n. = sense B.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > worthless

chaffc1386

noughta1400

noughtinga1500

trifle?a1500

undought1508

wallydraigle?a1513

jackstraw1565

oatmeal-groat1594

trasha1616

Jack-of-strawa1625

little worth1823

wanworth1832

shicer1846

nowt1847

no good1871

two-spot1885

cannon fodder1917

crumb1918

no-gooder1936

nogoodnik1936

schmatte1967

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing

cumber-worldc1374

cumber-house1541

deaf nut1613

cumber-ground1657

dead duck1844

no good1871

dead wood1877

dead wood1887

blue duck1889

dud1897

cluck1904

non-starter1911

dead loss1927

dreep1927

write-off1935

no-gooder1936

nogoodnik1936

blivet1967

roadkill1990

1936 S. P. Spivey in P. Oliver Screening Blues (1968) vi. 246 Oh you dirty no-gooder, you don't mean me no good.

1984 A. Desai In Custody x. 188 It is I who..sent for food for a whole roomful of idlers and no-gooders.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	no good
释义	no goodadj.n. Brit. /ˈnəʊɡʊd/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˈɡʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adj., good n. Etymology: < no adj. + good n. (compare good n. 7a). Compare earlier do-good n. and adj.Apparently originally a noun phrase used predicatively, since no does not usually modify non-comparative adjectives (compare no adv.¹): perhaps related to earlier to do no good at good adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 2d(b). colloquial (originally U.S.). A. adj. 1. In predicative use: not good (in various senses); of no ability, competence, quality, utility, or value; (also, of a person) unscrupulous, dishonest, untrustworthy. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [adjective] forcouthc888 goodlesseOE undoughtya1225 voidc1380 bare1399 stark naught1528 worthilessa1542 queer1567 worthless1573 hilding1577 baggage1580 arrant1581 offal1588 lorel1590 losel1601 ragamuffin1602 loselled1606 loselly1611 valuelessa1616 ragamuffa1626 good-for-nothing1706 ne'er-do-well1773 rotten1813 neat1824 scamping1832 good-for-naught1835 no good1838 scampish1847 ne'er-do-wellish1890 no good1904 upter1919 never-do-well1933 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > unable or incompetent insufficientc1386 insuffisant1387 unable1395 unsufficient1395 weak1423 uncompetentc1549 short-handed1622 incompetent1641 ineffective1653 nequient1656 inefficient1750 wandought1788 no good1838 non-efficient1863 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > unscrupulous conscienceless?c1425 unconscienced1467 unconscionable1568 inconscionablea1599 conscionless1607 disconscient1641 unconscientious1649 untendera1658 unscrupulous1803 any-lengthian1805 unscrupled1813 scrupleless1823 no good1838 sharky1858 1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. iv. 60 The land gets run out in his hands, and is no good for ever after. 1839 W. Mann Six Years' Resid. 285 ‘De be no good—no money but black money’; by which they mean pence. 1859 Notes & Queries VIII. 483 If a man, at hay time or harvest, holds his fork with his left hand lowest, they say, ‘Ah! he's no good! he's keck-handed!..’ 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. ix. 75 It's no good my being kept here like Wax-Work, is it now? 1888 Press (N.Y.) 3 June 3/3 Manager Wright is reported as saying: ‘I don't like Valentine's umpiring..I think he is a home umpire.’.. Valentine is not only a ‘homer’, but he is lazy and utterly no good. 1948 M. Irwin Elizabeth, Captive Princess xxv. 206 She was terrified of public life, but no good at country life either. 1978 T. Murphy Crucial Week in Life of Grocer's Assistant xii, in Plays: 4 (1997) 163 Anyway, a little pokey hole of a shop like yours is no good to me. 2008 A. M. Greeley Irish Tiger 146 He's no good at all. Shy, shifty, too suave. Be careful of him, Mr. Coyne. 2013 Clean Slate Autumn 25/1 But coming up with an idea is no good on its own. 2. In attributive use. Usually hyphenated. Esp. of a person: useless, worthless. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [adjective] forcouthc888 goodlesseOE undoughtya1225 voidc1380 bare1399 stark naught1528 worthilessa1542 queer1567 worthless1573 hilding1577 baggage1580 arrant1581 offal1588 lorel1590 losel1601 ragamuffin1602 loselled1606 loselly1611 valuelessa1616 ragamuffa1626 good-for-nothing1706 ne'er-do-well1773 rotten1813 neat1824 scamping1832 good-for-naught1835 no good1838 scampish1847 ne'er-do-wellish1890 no good1904 upter1919 never-do-well1933 1904 ‘O. Henry’ Heart of West 263 He's a nogood 'un. 1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 28 Taking that no-good Calaghan girl to every dance. 1995 Guardian 13 Dec. (Society section) 4/5 All protest camps attract the odd nogood boyo. 2012 H. Lucht Darkness before Daybreak ii. 46 Massimo had a go at him..for being a no-good lazybones. B. n. Usually hyphenated. A useless or worthless person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > worthless chaffc1386 noughta1400 noughtinga1500 trifle?a1500 undought1508 wallydraigle?a1513 jackstraw1565 oatmeal-groat1594 trasha1616 Jack-of-strawa1625 little worth1823 wanworth1832 shicer1846 nowt1847 no good1871 two-spot1885 cannon fodder1917 crumb1918 no-gooder1936 nogoodnik1936 schmatte1967 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing cumber-worldc1374 cumber-house1541 deaf nut1613 cumber-ground1657 dead duck1844 no good1871 dead wood1877 dead wood1887 blue duck1889 dud1897 cluck1904 non-starter1911 dead loss1927 dreep1927 write-off1935 no-gooder1936 nogoodnik1936 blivet1967 roadkill1990 ?1780 (title) The entertaining history of Miss Lovegood and Miss Nogood, with that of Miss Tattle. 1856 F. Chase Gathered Sketches Early Hist. New Hampsh. & Vermont 31 The only retaliation the baffled savage was able to make upon Toogood was to cry out Nogood, Nogood, as his intended victim disappeared.] 1871 M. Boyd Reminisc. Fifty Years 308 You von't bother wid' im, for hit's a no good. 1931 M. Allingham Look to Lady v. 59 A pack of crazy no-goods—strutting about in funny clothes. 1973 W. M. Duncan Big Timer x. 67 This no-good whom I do not even see for weeks on end. 1995 Time 20 Feb. 79/3 The narrator and his gang of no-goods are seriously messing with..virtual reality. Derivatives no-ˈgooder n. = sense B. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > worthless chaffc1386 noughta1400 noughtinga1500 trifle?a1500 undought1508 wallydraigle?a1513 jackstraw1565 oatmeal-groat1594 trasha1616 Jack-of-strawa1625 little worth1823 wanworth1832 shicer1846 nowt1847 no good1871 two-spot1885 cannon fodder1917 crumb1918 no-gooder1936 nogoodnik1936 schmatte1967 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing cumber-worldc1374 cumber-house1541 deaf nut1613 cumber-ground1657 dead duck1844 no good1871 dead wood1877 dead wood1887 blue duck1889 dud1897 cluck1904 non-starter1911 dead loss1927 dreep1927 write-off1935 no-gooder1936 nogoodnik1936 blivet1967 roadkill1990 1936 S. P. Spivey in P. Oliver Screening Blues (1968) vi. 246 Oh you dirty no-gooder, you don't mean me no good. 1984 A. Desai In Custody x. 188 It is I who..sent for food for a whole roomful of idlers and no-gooders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1838
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