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ne'er-do-well

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  1. goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naughtnoun

    an idle worthless person

    Synonyms:
    good-for-naught, no-account, goldbrick, good-for-nothing, goof-off

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  1. White House:

    Well, I can tell you that that's not the reason she was chosen.

  2. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus:

    All is ephemeral,--fame and the famous as well.

  3. Mike Halpert:

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  4. Kyle Johnson:

    Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed away. Her light however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from, and draw inspiration, hers was a life well lived and as such a model for us all.

  5. Scott Sheppard:

    This new object has the largest orbit of all the extremely distant objects that stay well beyond Pluto.


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