Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
good-for-nothing en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) Useless; worthless.
Forms
Deriveds
good-for-nothingness
Synonyms
cruddy · junky · shit · triobolar · not worth a nickel · toshy · bastardly · trinkety · nonvaluable · cacky · pissass · tripy · not worth a dime · not worth a plug nickel · mouldy · chaffy · not worth a damn · screwy · not worth a curse · sorry-ass · good-for-nothing · draffy · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · invaluable · rubbishly · shand · unvaluable · worthless · shitty-ass · fucking · rubbishy · not worth salt · dreckish · not worth a penny · cullionly · valueless · not worth hell room · goodless · not worth a whistle · ineffectual · scummy · no good / no-good · tenth-rate · nought · shitey · no-account · mucid · suckworthy · wutless · garbagey · not worth a cress · cocking · of no value · strawlike · vain · duffing · drecky · jabberwocky · scabbed · sixpenny · not worth a Continental · crapalicious · worth nothing · putid · unappreciated · blown · punk · shitstained · not worth a brass farthing · two-bit · for the birds · good-for-naught · draffish · not worth a farthing · not worth a cent · naughty
Translations (63)
oc vauarren (useless, worthless) · cs budižkničemu (useless, worthless) · la nēquam (useless, worthless) · mi koretake (useless, worthless) · uk нікче́мний (useless, worthless) · pt inútil (useless, worthless) · ko 거지같다 (useless, worthless) · pl bezużyteczny (useless, worthless) · ko 보잘것없다 (useless, worthless) · tr yaramaz (useless, worthless) · oc paucval (useless, worthless) · sc pirastràju (useless, worthless) · ga fágtha (useless, worthless) · eo sentaŭga (useless, worthless) · de untauglich (useless, worthless) · fi kelvoton (useless, worthless) · mi kūrapa (useless, worthless) · sc inghiriagràstos (useless, worthless) · hu haszontalan (useless, worthless) · it fannullone (useless, worthless) · sc peldulàriu (useless, worthless) · ko 쓸모없다 (useless, worthless) · ko 소용없다 (useless, worthless) · it buono a nulla (useless, worthless) · az faydasız (useless, worthless) · ru никуды́шный (useless, worthless) · hi काम का न काज का दुश्मन अनाज का (useless, worthless) · be нікчэ́мны (useless, worthless) · az yararsız (useless, worthless) · it indolente (useless, worthless) · hu hasznavehetetlen (useless, worthless) · ja つまらない (useless, worthless) · de unnütz (useless, worthless) · az karsız (useless, worthless) · oc galapian (Auvergnat) (useless, worthless) · de unbrauchbar (useless, worthless) · pt imprestável (useless, worthless) · ca inútil (useless, worthless) · sc irvaliendhàdu (useless, worthless) · oc paucvau (useless, worthless) · ko 지질하다 (useless, worthless) · de nutzlos (useless, worthless) · uk нікуди́шній (useless, worthless) · ca baliga-balaga (useless, worthless) · oc sacamand (useless, worthless) · it pigro (useless, worthless) · oc sacramand (useless, worthless) · fr bon à rien (useless, worthless) · es bueno para nada (useless, worthless) · sc carreràgiu (useless, worthless) · sc carreràju (useless, worthless) · ru никчёмный (useless, worthless) · oc vaupòc (useless, worthless) · es tarambana (useless, worthless) · az bikara (useless, worthless) · ko 녹녹하다 (useless, worthless) · ja 碌でなし (useless, worthless) · it sfaccendato (useless, worthless) · pt zero à esquerda (useless, worthless) · cmn 沒用 /没用 (useless, worthless) · sv oduglig (useless, worthless) · it sfaticato (useless, worthless) · mi hakihakiā (useless, worthless)
good-for-nothing en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Meanings
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A person of little worth or usefulness.
Americans might have taken some comfort from the fact that these critics also expressed similar misgivings about Rhodes Scholars coming from elsewhere. Isis, a student publication, lampooned Australians as good-for-nothings who badly needed education.
2010, Thomas J. Schaeper, Kathleen Schaeper, “Yanks and Brits”, in Rhodes Scholars, Oxford, and the Creation of an American Elite, New York, NY: Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 23:
Forms
Deriveds
good-for-nothingness
Synonyms
shicer · streak of piss · asswipe · nonce · badling · sparrow-fart · zero · blatherskite · twerp · pig dog · pile of shit · fuckbucket · cipher · waste of space · carrion · ramp · drop kick · scullion · pelf · no-mark · absolute zero · quat · losel · douchebag · nowmun · punk · roly-poly · rinky-dink · puny · louse · ne'er-do-well · unworthy · fellow · wankstain · hoon · good-for-naught · gooey · assbucket · absolute zero · nonentity · lidderon · truant · pissant · no-mark · dirtbag · dandiprat · doink · no-good · good-for-nothing · cipher · cockstain · nonentity · no-good · geek · loser · underperson · bugger · fritlag · nought · ne'er-do-well · crumb · no-account · toerag · maggot · custron · shitheap · slubberdegullion · nobody
Translations (114)
fr nullard (person of little worth or usefulness) · az dılğır (person of little worth or usefulness) · sh нишко̀рӣсти (person of little worth or usefulness) · es mindundi (person of little worth or usefulness) · hu semmirekellő (person of little worth or usefulness) · ru безде́льник (person of little worth or usefulness) · is dugleysingi (person of little worth or usefulness) · th คนไม่มีประโยชน์ (person of little worth or usefulness) · id sampah (person of little worth or usefulness) · my ချေးထုပ် (person of little worth or usefulness) · nb drog (person of little worth or usefulness) · mk беско́рисен (person of little worth or usefulness) · pl ladaco (person of little worth or usefulness) · fi hulttio (person of little worth or usefulness) · sh klòšār (person of little worth or usefulness) · pt zero à esquerda (person of little worth or usefulness) · es pelgar (person of little worth or usefulness) · ga cúl-le-rath (person of little worth or usefulness) · cmn 不稂不莠 (person of little worth or usefulness) · fi tyhjäntoimittaja (person of little worth or usefulness) · mk бараба (person of little worth or usefulness) · ka უვარგისი (person of little worth or usefulness) · nl nietsnut (person of little worth or usefulness) · fr bon à rien (person of little worth or usefulness) · cs budižkničemu (person of little worth or usefulness) · ja 仕様の無い (person of little worth or usefulness) · ca inútil (person of little worth or usefulness) · es perdulario (person of little worth or usefulness) · ko 건다리 (person of little worth or usefulness) · de Tunichtgut (person of little worth or usefulness) · de Nichtsnutz (person of little worth or usefulness) · ko 놀거리 (person of little worth or usefulness) · sv drönare (person of little worth or usefulness) · he לא יוצלח (person of little worth or usefulness) · cmn 窩囊 /窝囊 (person of little worth or usefulness) · is ónytjungur (person of little worth or usefulness) · sh bìtānga (person of little worth or usefulness) · th คนคุ้มค่าน้อย (person of little worth or usefulness) · cy oferwr (person of little worth or usefulness) · hu díszpinty (person of little worth or usefulness) · grc μαστιγίας (person of little worth or usefulness) · sv nolla (person of little worth or usefulness) · sh љенчарија (person of little worth or usefulness) · ko 건달 (person of little worth or usefulness) · cmn 玩兒鬧 /玩儿闹 (person of little worth or usefulness) · wa vårén (person of little worth or usefulness) · el χαραμοφάης (person of little worth or usefulness) · es pintamonas (person of little worth or usefulness) · ko 밥장군 (person of little worth or usefulness) · sh ljenčarija (person of little worth or usefulness) · pl nicpoń (person of little worth or usefulness) · mk битанга (person of little worth or usefulness) · de Krattler (person of little worth or usefulness) · th คนไร้ประโยชน์ (person of little worth or usefulness) · es bueno para nada (person of little worth or usefulness) · ca negat (person of little worth or usefulness) · fr vaurien (person of little worth or usefulness) · ru никуды́шный (person of little worth or usefulness) · es inútil (person of little worth or usefulness) · sh кло̀ша̄р (person of little worth or usefulness) · hu léhűtő (person of little worth or usefulness) · cmn 沒出息 /没出息 (person of little worth or usefulness) · it buono a nulla (person of little worth or usefulness) · fi nolla (person of little worth or usefulness) · nb døgenikt (person of little worth or usefulness) · ja 下らない (person of little worth or usefulness) · ko 밥벌레 (person of little worth or usefulness) · it inutile (person of little worth or usefulness) · jje 노녀와기 (person of little worth or usefulness) · mi kūrapa (person of little worth or usefulness) · sv klantskalle (person of little worth or usefulness) · fi hanttapuli (person of little worth or usefulness) · hu jómadár (person of little worth or usefulness) · ia inutile (person of little worth or usefulness) · ja 碌でなし (person of little worth or usefulness) · sv odåga (person of little worth or usefulness) · ht voryen (person of little worth or usefulness) · ko 밥벌거지 (person of little worth or usefulness) · cmn 一無是處 /一无是处 (person of little worth or usefulness) · fi vätys (person of little worth or usefulness) · sh згу̀бида̄н (person of little worth or usefulness) · sh ništàrija (person of little worth or usefulness) · sh ништа̀рија (person of little worth or usefulness) · he חסר תועלת (person of little worth or usefulness) · hu mihaszna (person of little worth or usefulness) · de Taugenichts (person of little worth or usefulness) · sh pròbisvijēt (person of little worth or usefulness) · la scurra (person of little worth or usefulness) · sh про̀бисвије̄т (person of little worth or usefulness) · mk па́цер (person of little worth or usefulness) · az bivec (person of little worth or usefulness) · cmn 不是東西 /不是东西 (person of little worth or usefulness) · sh niškòrīsti (person of little worth or usefulness) · az yaramaz (person of little worth or usefulness) · sv odugling (person of little worth or usefulness) · sh бѝта̄нга (person of little worth or usefulness) · bm denbo (person of little worth or usefulness) · sh zgùbidān (person of little worth or usefulness) · hu haszontalan (person of little worth or usefulness) · la nebulō (person of little worth or usefulness) · sv slashas (person of little worth or usefulness) · ru никчёмный (person of little worth or usefulness) · pdt Daugeniks (person of little worth or usefulness) · hu naplopó (person of little worth or usefulness) · ru бесполе́зный (person of little worth or usefulness) · wa rénnvåt (person of little worth or usefulness) · eo sentaŭgulo (person of little worth or usefulness) · ko 밥벌기 (person of little worth or usefulness) · pt imprestável (person of little worth or usefulness) · es pelagatos (person of little worth or usefulness) · oc emplastre (person of little worth or usefulness) · pt inútil (person of little worth or usefulness) · id (orang) brengsek (person of little worth or usefulness) · es pelafustán (person of little worth or usefulness)