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Definition of Good-for-nothing

1. Noun. An idle worthless person.

2. Adjective. Without merit. "The car was a no-good piece of junk"

Definition of Good-for-nothing

1. Noun. A person of little worth or usefulness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Good-for-nothing

goober-grabbler goober bean goober pea goober peas goobers gooch good good(p) good-by good-bye

good-byes good-den good-faith good-fellowship good-for-naught good-for-nothing (current term) good-for-nothings good-hearted good-heartedly good-heartedness

good-humored good-humoredly good-humoredness good-humoured good-king-henry good-looking good-lookingness good-natured good-naturedly good-naturedness

Literary usage of Good-for-nothing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"FROM 'OUT OF THE LIFE OF A good-for-nothing ' TE wheel of my father's mill ... To me he said: —" You Good-for-Nothing! There you are sunning yourself again ..."

2. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"... for two years after. of Berks., a Gentleman good for nothing, being debauch'd, & of no Principles of Virtue or Religion, but a down right Republican. ..."

3. Poetry for Children by Samuel Eliot (1879)
"Mr good-for-nothing. " What are you good for, my brave little man? Answer that question for me, if you can, — You, with your fingers as white as a nun, ..."

4. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1910)
"... who turned round to Pompeo and said: "You are a good-for-nothing rascal; but I promise you well that you have stirred a snake up which will sting you, ..."

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