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good-for-nothing

[ good-fer-nuhth-ing, -nuhth- ]

adjective

  1. worthless; of no use.


noun

  1. a worthless or useless person.

good-for-nothing

noun

  1. an irresponsible or worthless person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. irresponsible; worthless
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of good-for-nothing1

First recorded in 1705–15
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“This is an excuse for good-for-nothing children. Only by adapting to society can you become a person of real value,†another wrote.

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Yet later this year up to 40 healthy Australian volunteers may begin receiving infusions of the supposedly good-for-nothing molecule.

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Seven rubbed the back of her head and silently cursed her awful luck and that good-for-nothing hexed tree.

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“Have a seat. You look like the zopilotes, those nasty good-for-nothing vultures, beat you up and plucked every feather off your pretty wings.â€

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Appropriately enough, their sound harks back to the staccato, stuttering beats of 1990s girls bands like TLC and Destiny's Child, complete with lyrics chastising any "trifling good-for-nothing type of brother".

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