Alternative forms

• no good

Adjective

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1. (derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#NOGOOD) Having no value, use or merit.

   Synonyms: good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, valueless; see also Thesaurus:worthless

Noun

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1. (derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#NOGOOD) A worthless or useless person.

   Synonyms: good-for-nothing, know-nothing, no-mark; see also Thesaurus:worthless person

   • 1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1:

     The jail had not housed a white criminal in over four years, and there is seldom a prisoner of any kind, the Sheriff being a lazy no-good, prone to take his ease with a bottle of liquor, and let trouble-makers and thieves, even the most dangerous type of cutthroats, run free and wild.

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See also

• no-good ass