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good-for-nothing

GUUD-fer-nuth-ing/ˈɡʊd fɚ ˌnʌθɪŋ/UKGUUD-fuh-nuth-ing/ˈɡʊd fə ˌnʌθɪŋ/

Pluralgood-for-nothings

2 meanings of good-for-nothing

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  1. 1
    a useless personnouncountable
    A person considered to be of little worth or use.

    Her father dismissed every one of her boyfriends as a good-for-nothing.

    The landlord grumbled that his tenants were a pack of good-for-nothings who never paid on time.

    Similarloser, ne'er-do-well, nonentity, cipher

  2. 2
    a useless personadjectiveidiomatic
    Having no use or worth.

    She finally threw her good-for-nothing husband out of the house.

    He wasted the whole weekend trying to fix that good-for-nothing lawnmower.

    Similarworthless, valueless

    Oppositeuseful, valuable, worthwhile

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