good-for-nothingnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌɡʊd.fəˈnʌθ.ɪŋ/us/ˌɡʊd.fɚˈnʌθ.ɪŋ/informala person who is lazy and not helpful or useful:
She told him he was a lazy good-for-nothing and should get a job.
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Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- malcontent
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- scumbag
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
- viper
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good-for-nothingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌɡʊd.fəˈnʌθ.ɪŋ/us/ˌɡʊd.fɚˈnʌθ.ɪŋ/not helpful or useful:
They're all good-for-nothing layabouts.
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Useless and futile
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift
- aimless
- airy-fairy
- be at a loose end idiom
- flaccid
- fool's errand
- for the hell of it idiom
- frivolous
- fruitless
- motiveless
- negate
- no good idiom
- nugatory
- ornamental
- use
- useless
- vain
- vainly
- what good is ... idiom
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