- good-for-nothing
- good-for-nothing ► ADJECTIVE ▪ worthless.► NOUN ▪ a worthless person.
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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 — 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 — {adj. phr.} Worthless. * /While Janice works hard each day, her good for nothing husband hangs around in the bars./ … Dictionary of American idioms
good-for-nothing — {adj. phr.} Worthless. * /While Janice works hard each day, her good for nothing husband hangs around in the bars./ … Dictionary of American idioms
good-for-nothing — adjective Date: 1533 of no use or value • good for nothing noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
good-for-nothing — Synonyms and related words: Bowery bum, NG, bad lot, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, bone lazy, budmash, bum, bummer, cadging, caitiff, cheap, derelict, devil, dilatory, do nothing, doless, drifter, dronish, drony, drunkard, easy … Moby Thesaurus
good-for-nothing — /good feuhr nuth ing, nuth /, adj. 1. worthless; of no use. n. 2. a worthless or useless person. [1705 15] * * * … Universalium
good-for-nothing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. knave, rogue, ne er do well, do nothing; lazy bones, loafer, sloth, wastrel, fainéant, bum (sl.). See inactivity. adj. no account, useless, worthless, futile. See uselessness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… … English dictionary for students
