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no-account

[ noh-uh-kount ]

adjective

  1. worthless; good-for-nothing; trifling.


noun

  1. a worthless person; good-for-nothing.

no-account

adjective

  1. worthless; good-for-nothing
“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

noun

  1. a 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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of no-account1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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The black guy, Dell Scott, is a mouthy no-account, a convict on parole and a deadbeat dad way behind on his child-support payments.

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“You must have been otherwise engaged. But who would expect any different from a no-account sheriff of a no-account town?â€

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By early 2014, IS - which he and other fighters once mocked as a no-account outfit with paltry numbers - had driven rebel factions out of Raqqa.

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His mother split long ago and his no-account father doesn’t understand that the boy needs a functioning parent.

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An essentially no-account human being who came along at the right time and place and found the right audience to turn him into a total hero.

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