good-for-nothing
good-for-nothing adjective: useless; worthless.
Adjective
good-for-nothing (not comparable)
Noun
good-for-nothing (plural good-for-nothings)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- absolute zero, cipher, ne'er-do-well, no-account, no-good, no-mark, nonentity, assbucket, asswipe, badling
good-for-nothing meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
good-for-nothing in Hindi
- useless, worthless
- काम का न काज का दुश्मन अनाज का kām kā na kāj kā duśman anāj kā
good-for-nothing in Tamil
- எதற்கும் பயனற்ற, ஒன்றுக்கும் உதவாத, சோம்பேறி
good-for-nothing in Urdu
- good-for-nothing
- بے کار be-kār
good-for-nothing in Bengali
- a good-for-nothing, an idler
- অকর্মা okorma
More languagesFewer languages
- good-for-nothing in Malayalam
- തൊളസൂറൻ, പോരാത്ത, നിഷ്ഫലമായ, വകയ്ക്കുകൊള്ളാത്ത
- good-for-nothing in Indonesian
- sampah
- good-for-nothing in Thai
- คนคุ้มค่าน้อย, คนไม่มีประโยชน์, คนไร้ประโยชน์
- good-for-nothing in Myanmar
- ချေးထုပ် hkye:htup
Synonyms of good-for-nothing
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- good-for-naught
- goodless
- ineffectual
- jabberwocky
- junky
- mouldy
- no-account
- no good / no-good
- nonvaluable
- not worth a damn
- not worth a dime
- not worth a plug nickel
- not worth a brass farthing
- not worth a cent
- not worth a cress
- not worth a curse
- not worth a Continental
- not worth a farthing
- not worth a nickel
- not worth a penny
- not worth salt
- not worth a whistle
- of no value
- pissass
- punk
- putid
- rubbishy
- scabbed
- scummy
- shand
Forms of good-for-nothing
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | good for nothing |
| Noun | |
| plural | good-for-nothings |
Words formed from good-for-nothing
Questions about good-for-nothing
- What does good-for-nothing mean?
- Good-for-nothing means useless; worthless.
- What is good-for-nothing in Hindi?
- Good-for-nothing in Hindi is काम का न काज का दुश्मन अनाज का (kām kā na kāj kā duśman anāj kā). See Good-for-nothing meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is good-for-nothing?
- Good-for-nothing can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near good-for-nothing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: good-for-nothing (page history and authors); good-for-nothing (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بے کار (Urdu) (page history and authors); অকর্মা (Bengali) (page history and authors); good-for-nothing (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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