noun
- An idle worthless person.
- synonyms: goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account, good-for-naught
adjective
- Without merit.
- usage: "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"
- synonyms: good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorry
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