Good for Nothing

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• 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 — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ worthless. ► NOUN ▪ a worthless person …   English terms dictionary

• 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