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Definition of No-good
1. Adjective. Without merit. "The car was a no-good piece of junk"
Similar to: Worthless
Derivative terms: Good-for-naught, Good-for-nothing, Sorriness
2. Adjective. Returned for lack of funds. "A no-good check"
Definition of No-good
1. Adjective. Having no value, use or merit ¹
2. Noun. A worthless or useless person ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of No-good
Literary usage of No-good
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... no good may him befall, God of his grace grant each man his depart, but fur
his loue, among your thoughts all, ..."
2. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"Watch and pray, saith the Lord, lest ye enter into temptation.1 CHAPTER XL That
man hath no good in himself, and nothing whereof to glory LORD, ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1895)
"I say the act of 1889, as it stands, is no good to any of these. ... It is no
good to your reader, because he gets his popular books at fifty cents, ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Hence, even though there were no good works distinguishable in a person's earthly
career; such an one might and ought, notwithstanding, cherish a firm hope, ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... having no good will. Evil i» what is apt to produce or increase any pain, or
diminish any pleasure in us; or else to procure us any evil, or deprive us ..."
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