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Definition of Good-for-nothing
1. Adjective. Without merit. "The car was a no-good piece of junk"
Similar to: Worthless
Derivative terms: Good-for-naught, Sorriness
2. Noun. An idle worthless person.
Generic synonyms: Bum, Do-nothing, Idler, Layabout, Loafer
Derivative terms: Good-for-naught
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
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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