What is another word for good-for-nothing?
Synonyms for good-for-nothing
ˈgʊd fərˈnʌθ ɪŋ, -ˌnʌθ-good-for-noth·ing
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good-for-nothingnoun
Synonyms:
neer-do-wellgood-for-nothingnoun
A person of little worth or usefulness.
Synonyms:
neer-do-well
Princeton's WordNet
goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naughtadjective
an idle worthless person
Synonyms:
good-for-naught, no-account, goldbrick, ne'er-do-well, goof-offAntonyms:
valuablegood-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorryadjective
without merit
"a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"
Synonyms:
grim, dreary, regretful, gloomy, dingy, drear, bad, good-for-naught, pitiful, rubber, blue, lamentable, deplorable, dark, dismal, drab, meritless, no-account, no-count, distressing, no-good, sorry, sad, disconsolateAntonyms:
valuable
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#618 | blue | |
#841 | bad | |
#1640 | dark | |
#2263 | sorry | |
#4036 | rubber | |
#5071 | sad | |
#10226 | useless | |
#14856 | grim | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#28539 | dismal | |
#28701 | gloomy | |
#37338 | dreary | |
#40996 | pitiful | |
#42423 | distressing | |
#43052 | drab | |
#55032 | deplorable | |
#58318 | dingy | |
#95216 | lamentable | |
#128663 | tosser | |
#134051 | regretful | |
#167212 | disconsolate | |
#169244 | drear | |
#177601 | meritless |
How to use good-for-nothing in a sentence?
Why is it that an ordinary clerk has to pass the examination for clerkship, a police constable has to go through training as a recruit before he could be commissioned and on the other hand vegetable-selling middlemen, good-for-nothing fuedals and imbecile merchants go sit in the Assemblies directly and start legisltating and some even become members of the cabinet
Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von Metternich:
I came into the world either too early or too late at present, I am good for nothing.
The secret of all success is to know how to deny yourself. Prove that you can control yourself, and you are an educated man; and without this all other education is good for nothing.
Labour like a man, and be ready in doing kindnesses. He is a good-for-nothing fellow who eateth by the toil of another?s hand.
half the politicians are good-for-nothing; the others are ready to anything...
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- budižkničemuCzech
- Herumtreiber, Tunichtgut, Nichtsnutz, TaugenichtsGerman
- χαραμοφάηςGreek
- sentaŭguloEsperanto
- buena-para-nada, bueno-para-nadaSpanish
- nolla, hulttio, hanttapuliFinnish
- vaurien, bon à rienFrench
- לא יוצלח, חסר תועלתHebrew
- semmirekellőHungarian
- inutile, buono a nullaItalian
- טוב לשום דברHebrew
- 仕様の無い, 碌でなし, 下らないJapanese
- бескорисен, пацерMacedonian
- nietsnutDutch
- do niczegoPolish
- imprestável, zero à esquerda, inútilPortuguese
- никчёмный, никудышный, бесполезный, бездельникRussian
- niškoristi, klošar, ništarija, zgubidan, bitanga, probisvijet, ljenčarijaSerbo-Croatian
- odugling, nolla, odåga, klantskalle, slashas, drönareSwedish
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