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See also: good for nothing

English

useless, worthless

good-for-nothing (plural good-for-nothings)Category:English lemmas#GOODFORNOTHING Category:English nouns#GOODFORNOTHING Category:English countable nouns#GOODFORNOTHING Category:English multiword terms#GOODFORNOTHING Category:English entries with incorrect language header#GOODFORNOTHING Category:Pages with entries#GOOD-FOR-NOTHING Category:Pages with 1 entry#GOOD-FOR-NOTHING

A person of little worth or usefulness.
Synonyms: absolute zero, cipher, ne'er-do-well, no-account, no-good, no-mark, nonentity; see also Thesaurus:worthless person
- 2010, Thomas J. Schaeper, Kathleen Schaeper, “Yanks and Brits”, in Rhodes Scholars, Oxford, and the Creation of an American Elite, New York, NY: Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 23:
  Americans might have taken some comfort from the fact that these critics also expressed similar misgivings about Rhodes Scholars coming from elsewhere. Isis, a student publication, lampooned Australians as good-for-nothings who badly needed education.
  Category:English terms with quotations#GOODFORNOTHING

person of little worth or usefulness