- 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 — good for nothings ADJ: ADJ n If you describe someone as good for nothing, you think that they are lazy or irresponsible. ...a good for nothing fourteen year old son who barely knows how to read and count. Syn: lazy N COUNT Good for nothing is… … English dictionary
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 — 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
