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- Dictionaryno-good/ˌnəʊˈɡʊd/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) contemptible; worthless: informal "a no-good layabout"
noun
- 1. a worthless or contemptible person: "he was a no-good who liked to cause trouble"
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A no-good person does nothing useful or helpful and is therefore considered to be of little value: a no-good son of a bitch. Synonyms. good-for-nothing. no-account US old-fashioned informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of no good from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of NO-GOOD is having no worth, virtue, use, or chance of success. How to use no-good in a sentence.
Synonyms for NO-GOOD: good-for-nothing, lazy, worthless, idle, shiftless, useless, indolent, ne'er-do-well; Antonyms of NO-GOOD: ambitious, industrious, diligent, enterprising, valuable, useful, worthy, invaluable
Definition of 'no-good' Word Frequency. no-good in British English. (ˈnəʊˌɡʊd ) adjective. informal. good-for-nothing; worthless. He was a no-good swindler from New Orleans. Miss Hannigan, the greedy, no-good mistress of Orphan Annie's orphanage. a foolish, gullible no-good idiot. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Definition of no-good adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
No-good definition: lacking worth or merit; useless; bad. See examples of NO-GOOD used in a sentence.
Define no-good. no-good synonyms, no-good pronunciation, no-good translation, English dictionary definition of no-good. adj. Having no value, use, merit, or virtue. n. One that is worthless.